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From Elise Bouc, spearhead of the opposition to passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois: Disappointment with the ERA After a long hard battle, the ERA passed in the Illinois House tonight by a vote of 72 – 45 … Continue reading
Category Archives: Equal Rights Amendment
With both of our female State Senators having voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, I reached out to State Rep. Barbara Wheeler to ask her position. Her being a strong Pro-Life supporter, I figured it would be negative, but … Continue reading
From the Illinois Family Institute, re-published with permission: Pro-Life Groups Withdraw Support from Republican Senators that Supported the ERA Written by John Biver The leaders of six pro-life organizations issued a public statement on Friday criticizing the 8 Republican state … Continue reading
Four decades ago, the Illinois House refused to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The drama was high with proponents pouring animal blood outside House Speaker George Ryan’s door. Equally intense, but less destructive of public property, opponents were mobilized by … Continue reading
The following is published with permission from the Illinois Family Institute ERA Passes Illinois Senate Written By Laurie Higgins In a stunning display of ignorance, the Illinois State Senate just voted 43-12 in favor of the resolution to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment. … Continue reading
Pension Reform…Nope…Equal Rights Amendment A press release from the Illinois Senate: Caucus endorses ratification of Equal Rights Amendment SPRINGFIELD –The Equal Rights Amendment is the first measure to earn the backing of the Senate Women’s Caucus, members of the bipartisan … Continue reading
A press release from the Student Peace Action Network at McHenry County College: “Equal Means equal” tomorrow Thursday 6:30 p.m. MCC Equal Means Equal, a documentary urging the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment will be presented Thursday October 19th … Continue reading
The following is what State Senator Karen McConnaughay prepared in anticipation of her comments for the Equal Rights Amendment: It is disturbing to me that we stand here today, with just over a week until adjournment debating a contentious, outdated … Continue reading
Democrats in Springfield are in a time warp, probably brought on by the financial mess that over thirty years of Mike Madigan rule has put us in. With an off-year election looming and Democrats in the House scared to break … Continue reading
It’s as if the Senate Democrats are in a time warp. They keep bring back the Equal Rights Amendment. When it failing in the 1970’s, I voted for it. Since then I have changed my mind. The following email that … Continue reading
A Friend of McHenry County Blog sent the following paragraph from Forbes: “The fourth most dangerous city as ranked by our list is Springfield, Ill., a metro area of 200,000 four hours south of Chicago where the FBI reports 855 … Continue reading
This time from former State Rep. Penny Pullen (R-Park Ridge). The Chicago Tribune obituary concentrated on the opposition of former State Representative Tom Hanahan (D-Johnsburg) to the Equal Rights Amendment. I asked, Penny Pullen, the Republican leader of the opposition … Continue reading
It’s not many times that you get to be at an affair with someone who has changed American history. Last night was one of those times. The woman who led the successful fight against the Equal Rights Amendment was on … Continue reading
It’s not many times that you get to be at an affair with someone who has changed American history. Last night was one of those times. The woman who led the successful fight against the Equal Rights Amendment was on … Continue reading
Giving Chicago Alderman life and death power over development in their wards has led to many an indictment. The most recent to succumb to temptation seems to be just defeated Alderwoman Arenda Troutman. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was kind enough … Continue reading
Giving Chicago Alderman life and death power over development in their wards has led to many an indictment. The most recent to succumb to temptation seems to be just defeated Alderwoman Arenda Troutman. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was kind enough … Continue reading
Elise Bouc, a Republican precinct committeeman from Lake County, read McHenry County State Senator Pam Althoff’s reply to an Equal Rights Amendment opponent and offers these rebuttals to the McHenry legislator’s views. If you have not read Senator Althoff’s reply … Continue reading
Elise Bouc, a Republican precinct committeeman from Lake County, read McHenry County State Senator Pam Althoff’s reply to an Equal Rights Amendment opponent and offers these rebuttals to the McHenry legislator’s views. If you have not read Senator Althoff’s reply … Continue reading
An opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, which Democrats are still trying to pass even though the deadline has long since passed, wrote McHenry County Republican State Senator Pam Althoff. Here’s Althoff’s answer: Thank you for contacting my office regarding … Continue reading
An opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, which Democrats are still trying to pass even though the deadline has long since passed, wrote McHenry County Republican State Senator Pam Althoff. Here’s Althoff’s answer: Thank you for contacting my office regarding … Continue reading