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The Equality Act was a bill in the United States Congress, that, if passed, would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including titles II, III, IV, VI, VII, and IX) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, federally funded programs, credit, and jury service.
This version of the amendment reads: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. [2] The vote is 84 in favor and 8 opposed. A deadline is set that it must by ratified by the required 38 states within the next seven years. [3] March 22, 1972 – Hawaii ratifies the ERA. [4]
The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...
The United States federal government also voted in favor of the United Nations Human Rights Council A/HRC/RES/17/19. [69] The United States federal government signed the United Nations 2006 [70] and 2008 Joint Statements. The United States federal government voted in the United Nations Security Council in favor of SC/12399. [71]
Equality Act 2010, an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, with the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives Equality Act (United States) , a bill in the United States Congress that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
A couple married legally under Canadian law, Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, moved to New York where their marriage was recognized but when filing taxes for the federal government, the United States did not recognize their marriage. [125] Windsor sued the federal government declaring that the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional. [125]
Val Demings supported the Equality Act, which did not address school curriculum. We rate Rubio’s statement Half True. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For ...
Alaska Constitution, Article I, §3 (1972, protecting equality on the basis of "race, color, creed, sex or national origin") Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 CROWN Act (2022; only for public education)