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Coded the text of the amendment just for reading purposes.
The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution | United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification within a deadline of seven years. The amendment, which was untitled, stated:
The Equal Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the [[United States Constitution | United States Constitution]] passed by Congress in 1972 and sent to the states for ratification within a deadline of seven years. The amendment, which was untitled, stated:
SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of [[sex | sex]].
<code>SECTION 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of [[sex | sex]].</code>
SEC. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
<code>SEC. 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.</code>
SEC. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
<code>SEC. 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.</code>
The purpose and effect of the Amendment would be to prohibit many legal distinctions between men and women, and boys and girls. An all-male draft or male-only combat regimens would presumably become illegal. But equal representation of boys and girls on sports teams, and the termination of all-boys or all-girls sports teams, would probably not be required, since the courts usually treat some gender distinctions as a ''bona fida operating qualification'' for which discrimination is allowed.
The purpose and effect of the Amendment would be to prohibit many legal distinctions between men and women, and boys and girls. An all-male draft or male-only combat regimens would presumably become illegal. But equal representation of boys and girls on sports teams, and the termination of all-boys or all-girls sports teams, would probably not be required, since the courts usually treat some gender distinctions as a ''bona fida operating qualification'' for which discrimination is allowed.