Vote Equality!
The Equal Rights Amendment IS our 28th Amendment!
“What’s your position on Black Lives Matter?”
- VoteEqualityUS unequivocally stands with and supports nonviolent civil disobedience to dismantle systemic racism.
- Black women experience gender discrimination in addition to racism in their daily lives which cannot be ignored:
- Black women earn 63.7 cents for every dollar earned by White men. Additionally, the pay gap between Black women and White men working full-time varies greatly by state. Black women earn 43.3 cents on the dollar to their male peers in Louisiana and 71.7 on the dollar in Hawaii. (source, Institutes for Women’s Policy Research)
- Black women are 3 times more likely to die while giving birth than White women. (source, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Black women from Jim Crow states are at increased risk of more aggressive breast tumors that were also less responsive to treatment. (source, Harvard)
- Black women are more than 2.5 times more likely to be murdered by men than White women. (source, Journal of Women’s Health)
- Black lives have always and will always matter.
“If we all take the lead together, hate falls behind.”
Lead Together (Utah)
ADDITIONAL FAQs
What Changes
“What will the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights) really do?”
About Us
“Who is VoteEqualityUS and what’s your plan?”
Abortion
“Doesn’t this open the door for abortion rights?”
Bathrooms
“Will we all have to use the same bathrooms?”
Bipartisan
“Do most Americans support Equal Rights in our Constitution?”
Black Lives Matter
“What’s your position on Black Lives Matter?”
Business Case
“How does gender equality impact businesses?”
Contracts
“Won’t women contractors lose enhanced status for contract bids?”
Convention
“Can’t we just do this during the constitutional convention?”
Deadline
“Didn't the ratification deadline already pass?”
Discrimination
“What government gender discrimination is happening now?”
Draft
“Does constitutional equality mean women will be drafted?”
Equal Pay
“Will this help women get paid more equally?”
Family Law
“How will the Equal Rights Amendment impact family law?”
Fear of Unknown
“How can we do this when we don't know what will happen?”
Gender Violence
“How can constitutional gender equality help with gender violence?”
Ginsburg
“Didn’t RBG say something about starting over?”
History
“What is the history of the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights)?”
Illinois v Ferriero
“Isn’t there a court case about the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights)?”
Insurance
“What about insurance? Someone said my rates will go up.”
International
“How do we compare to other countries?”
Intersectionality
“Is the 28th Amendment (Equal Rights) for all of us?”
Military
“How will the Equal Rights Amendment impact our military?”
Pregnancy
“Will this help with pregnancy discrimination?”
Rescissions
“Didn’t a few states rescind their ratifications?”
Social Security
“Will my widow lose her social security benefits when I die?”
Sports
“Will my daughter lose her girls only soccer team?”
Tax Exempt Status
“Will my church lose its tax exempt status?”
Title VII and Title IX
“How is this different from Title VII and Title IX?”
Topless
“Will women now be walking around topless?”
Transgender
“Will this provide protections for transgender individuals?”
