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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.
With regards to the gender pay gap in the United States, International Labour Organization notes as of 2010 women in the United States earned about 81% of what their male counterparts did. [62] While the gender pay gap has been narrowing since the passage of the Equal Pay Act , the convergence began to slow down in the 1990s. [ 63 ]
The first "Restroom Equity" Act in the United States is passed in California in 1989. [278] It was introduced by then-Senator Arthur Torres after several long waits for his wife to return from the bathroom. [278] 1990. District of Columbia: In re A.C., 573 A.2d 1235 (1990), was a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case.
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 ...
CROWN Act (2019) New Mexico New Mexico Constitution, Article II, §18 (1973) CROWN Act (2021) New York Malby Law (1895) [9] Ives-Quinn Act; Marriage Equality Act (2011) Dignity for All Students Act (2010) New York Human Rights Law (1945) Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (2019) Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (2002) CROWN Act ...
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Nevertheless, the promises of this and other Reconstruction Amendments went largely unfulfilled for nearly a century thanks to the profusion of racist Jim Crow laws designed to oppress persons of color and reinforce racial segregation in the United States. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the next major development in anti-discrimination law in ...
Mar. 7—The state Senate will now consider a House bill calling for a constitutional amendment to repeal the Legislature's authority to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. The state Senate ...