Virginia could be the last state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. As a woman-owned, Virginia-based business, the Strategic Peacock supports the Equal Rights Amendment.
Why?
- The Constitution: the Constitution is the bedrock foundation of our nation’s laws. Since 1950, all international constitutions have included gender equality and so should ours!
- Judicial review: currently gender discrimination cases are treated with “intermediate scrutiny” versus the “strict scrutiny” guaranteed to race, religion, and country of origin (covered by the Fourteenth Amendment).
- Civil rights: women’s rights ARE civil rights.
As well, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment is good politics for Virginia, especially now when national attention is focused on women’s issues and technology companies are looking to locate in welcoming sites in the Southeast.
Virginia’s next General Assembly session is less than a month away and there is a clear path to the floor in both the House and the Senate for 2019. It all comes down to two powerful men and whether or not they want to see the Equal Rights Amendment get ratified in Virginia. Organizations across the Commonwealth are hard at work, educating and raising awareness among voters, attracting legislative and media attention to our issue, and amplifying the voices of constituents in key districts.
Join me and other local corporate leaders representing companies of all sizes can to show your support for constitutional equality and to call on the Virginia Assembly to do the same! Access VA Ratify ERA’s toolkit.