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daily nebraskan
monday, august 28, 1978
Equality Day speakers explore aspects of the ERA
By Kim Wilt
The speaker stood before a crowd of
women at the Kearney Holiday Inn.
"My father told me there are three
things nice people don't talk about," she
said, "Religion, politics and sex. Well, this
morning weVe discussed politics, this after
noon it will be religion, and now-guess
what?"
The speaker was Anne Follis, national
president of Housewives for ERA. She was
speaking about sex discrimination to
approximately 200 women attending
Equality Day 1978, a day4ong program of
lectures and small group discussions, spon
sored by the Nebraska Coalition for
Women.
"The uay is devoted to the ERA", said
Kappie Weber, chairperson of NCW. In the
morning, participants heard speeches about
the history of the Equal Rights Amend
ment and about its progress.
Follis spoke at lunch. The 31 -year-old
housewife from Illinois told the group that
umti-ERA activist Phyllis Schafly did not
speak for all housewives, and said the
opposition to the ERA" is a well-financed,
elusive minority."
Follis said many housewives do not
realize they do not have any legal rights
as a wife. The basis for most laws in the
United States is English common law, she
said, which has as one of its principles the
idea that when a man and a woman marry,
they become one - the husband.
The ERA will establish that a housewife
will be an equal partner to her husband.
"It's (ERA) not going to downgrade house
wives, it will uplift them"
She said she had visited Alice Paul, the
author of the ERA, in the New Jersey
nursing home where the militant feminist
and suffragette lived. She said Dr. Paul had
told her, "I did it (the ERA) for the child
ren." Many women in the audience at the
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Kearney Holiday Inn were visibly moved
hearing this. Dr. Paul died last year,
without seeing the ERA ratified.
The religious and moral part of the
program was in the afternoon. Dr. Carole
Kimberhn, assistant professor of communi
cations and health psychology at Univer
sity of Nebraska Medical Center and Dr.
Susan Anthony Sallady, professor of bio
medical ethics at UNMC, spoke on moral
development and the ERA. Dr. Sallady is a
descendent of Susan B. Anthony, an early
feminist and suffragette.
Kimberlin and Sallady agreed that the
ERA is a fundamental moral issue.
"We have to approach it as a moral
commitment, not just a legal issue,"
Sallady said.
The Reverend Dennis Silk, from the
United Methodist Church of Central City,
Nebraska, spoke on "The Theology of
Equality." He said that while Christ did
not speak directly about the position of
women in society, he treated women as
equal to men, acting against social custom
at that time.
Weber said the idea for a "religious look
at the ERA" came about because "if
you're a feminist, that means being labeled
as anti-family and anti-home." She said
ERA supporters have had become involved
with religious viewpoints "because the
opposition has labeled us as anti-religious."
"We're trying to set up a religious coali
tion for abortion rights in Nebraska,"
Weber said. "33 demoninatioris agree with
pro-choice views."
Football ticket sales to begin
Starting tomorrow, students who did
not purchase their 1978 season football tic
kets last spring will have the chance to do
so through September 1 .
Students may buy tickets at the athle
tic ticket office, 117 South Stadium from
9 a.m. till noon, and from 1 p.m. till 4 p.m.
Only full-time students registered for the
1978 fall semester will be allowed to buy
tickets.
Those students who purchased tickets
last spring may pick them up at the ticket
office from September 5 through Septem
ber 8, with pick-up for lottery tickets Sep
tember 6. Ticket receipts must be pre
sented at time of purchase.
All students must present their student
identification card with the new 1978-79
certificate of registration attached, and per
sonal checks must be made out for only
the amount of each individual's ticket.
Football tickets are $25 for the 1978
season, which includes six home games.
The 1978-79 basketball season features
1 1 home games for $7. Season basketball
tickets go on sale August 29.
Full refunds on season football tickets
will be permitted if the ticket office is
notified before September 8, and students
applying for refunds after the first home
game, but before the second will be
refunded $16.75. No refunds will be made
after the second game.
The same rules apply for season basket
ball tickets, except that full refunds will be
made if notification is before November
24, and a $6 refund if notification is before
the second game.
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