HI and Thank You for signing The Yellow Roses' online ERA YES petition.

When the ERA becomes enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, you can point to the time you added your name to this petition and to the movement. Brava. http://theyellowrosesera.org/

2020 is young, but it is already shaping up to be the Year of the ERA, as well as the 100th anniversary of Suffrage.  

On January 7, 2020, three plaintiffs filed a Federal lawsuit in Boston, MA seeking a Federal judge to rule to remove barriers to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.  Now that Virginia voted this month to ratify the ERA (that makes 38 states), the ERA should now be the 28th Amendment. Attorney Wendy Murphy filed the lawsuit before the Virginia vote as a preemptive action on behalf of lead Plaintiff Equal Means Equal, Secondary Plaintiffs The Yellow Roses (teens and others organized for the ERA) and MA college student Katie  Weitbrecht.

The Yellow Roses are Plaintiffs because these teens: “….have personally experienced an increased fear of violence because they are female and not equally protected under the law.”

Katie Weitbrecht is a Plaintiff because she was strangled by a man who mocked her for being female. Katie’s case could not be charged as a hate crime in Massachusetts because Massachusetts does not protect women as a class from hate crimes. If Katie was attacked because of her race or religion, that would be a hate crime. This denial of equal protection for women will become illegal when the ERA is ratified.

Also, last week twenty Attorneys General from 19 states plus DC filed a lawsuit to remove barriers to ratification. (Did your state AG sign on?)

In addition, the Attorneys General from the 36th, 37th and 38th states to ratify the ERA filed a lawsuit to remove barriers to ratification.

Then, the U.S. House voted to remove barriers to ratification such as the deadline. Brava. The U.S. Senate has its opportunity next.

Please feel to share.

One action a person can take is to sign The Yellow Roses’ online ERA YES petition at: http://theyellowrosesera.org/ 

It’s GO TIME for the ERA.

It’s END GAME for allowing our daughters and granddaughters to continue to be treated as second class citizens and “less than”  under the law.  Please spread the word.

Onward,

R. Adams 

on behalf of The Yellow Roses (founded in 2016)