thursday, december 3, 1981
daily nebraskan
page 7
M
arsh says ERA is necessary tool for women
By Leslie Bocllstorff
If the Equal Rights Amendment is not
ratified not all 50 states will examine their
laws for sexual bias, State Sen. Shirley
Marsh said Tuesday.
Speaking to the Lincoln chapter of the
National Organization of Women, Marsh
said that outside pressure is needed in
those states unwilling to formally discuss
the ERA and women's rights. Without the
amendment, governments at all levels -federal,
state and local - have not yet
taken appropriate steps to ensure equality
for women, she said.
"The ERA is one of the tools we need.
It is not a magic answer, but it will help
with some of the hurdles before us," Marsh
said.
Thus far, 35 states have ratified the
ERA. This total includes Nebraska, which
later rescinded its ratification. Marsh said
that rescision will probably be disallowed
because states in the past tried to rescind
ratification of two different amendments
which are not part of the constitution.
Though she did not identify the source
of the statistic, Marsh said that 63 percent
of the American public now favors the
ERA. If three more states ratify within the
seven months remaining for ratification,
bringing the total to the minimum require
ment of 38, the courts will decide the
matter. If five or six ratify, it will be a
moot question, she said.
It will be easier to ratify the amendment
within the next seven months than to get
another extension of the June 30, 1982
deadline, or start all over again in Congress,
Marsh added.
Marsh said she often is asked why she
favors the ERA, because people say as a
state senator, she "has it made." She ex
plained that she achieved what she has
through the assistance of men and women.
She credited her success to her education,
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come. There will be a meeting
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Application deadline is Feb.
1, 1982.
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supportive family and friends, as well as
helpful members of the Nebraska Legis
lature. She said she wants to pass on the "chain
of helpfulness" to women who don't have
such advantages.
"Not all states are as progressive as Ne
braska," Marsh said. She briefly described
the status of the ERA in states which have
not ratified the amendment, such as
Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
She attributed the problems in several
states to balky senates. In the Illinois
Senate, which requires a three-fifths
majority to pass legislation, ERA has failed
eight times, she said. Because of a few
powerful senators in strategic positions, the
amendment has not passed in either
Florida or Virginia.
Marsh said that passage in one of these
states could create a snowball effect, en
couraging other states to ratify the amend
ment. But she said money is probably the
biggest problem ERA supporters have to
face.
"Money has kept the ERA from being
passed already," Marsh said. She urged
ERA supporters to devote time and money
to promoting the amendment. She suggest
ed supporters call friends and relatives in
states where the ERA has not been ratified
to ask them to contact their state repre
sentatives. She also encouraged pro-ERA
notes be sent in Christmas cards.
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