The 2011 State Legislature took zero action on the ERA, again.

Collected Actions for the
ERA Amendment in Florida.

ERA Facts List

90 Years later, Is  Florida doing enough?

INTRODUCTION:

For 7 consecutive years the Federal Equal Rights Amendment has been bottled up in the Florida Senate and House of Representatives by the republican leadership. Several members of this leadership are still in the running for higher office or re-election. And they do not want women and men ERA proponents to know how they prevented the ERA resolution to be heard in any committee for seven consecutive years. They knew that Florida is one of 15 states NOT to have ratified this simple amendment to the American Constitution. And that 3 more states are needed. Florida's constitution includes women. And the State did not crumble.

If you can come to the legislature and help lobby this amendment sign up at my e-mail address: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . It is going to take hundreds of ERA proponents weekly at the legislature to get this bill heard in a committee in the Senate and the House.

Here are some of the legislators still in the running who blocked the ERA from getting a fair hearing.

Marco Rubio, running for the U.S. Senate, and most brutal  according to ERA lobbyists, David Rivera running for the U.S. Congress, Anitere Flores running of State Senate Seat District 38 and Jeff Atwater, who is running for the Chief Financial Officer. There are more Republicans, but I am unaware of any more names who are in the running for election. Hopefully, they get full coverage at forums and from the media and voters. Fooling the general public is a daily happening with these legislators.

What I have found dissappointing is Florida women are basically unaware of the Federal ERA Amendment. As a lobbyist in 2004, 2005 and 2006 I did not have a clue it was a bill at these sessions. I witnessed no ERA proponents, no shirts with ERA, no Buttons regarding the ERA. We need to be in force at the 2011 legislative session that begins in March.

The following are some intervention I tried, the ERA resolution and related ERA information. More will be added.

Dear Governor Crist:

In the event there is a special session called, I urge you to include taking up the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and getting it "off the table". It has been introduced every year since 2003.
It is now an election issue with the supporters of the ERA. Ms. Morilla has explained it much better than I could and is as following.....Denny Wood, www.dignity4disabled.com, www.dennywood.net CC: SUPPORTERS, MEDIA, LEGISLATURE, OTHERS.