Straha
Banned
Equal Rights Amendment passes, is incorporated into US Constitution, 1974.
Consequences? Heres what I think would happen: The culture war is worse than now and got there faster. Carter's presidency is even more of a domestic disaster. The two main parties are more narrowly partisan than today. The plague on both your houses center party dates from John Anderson's 1980 independents rather than Ross Perot's late male menopause in 1992. Libertarians are a noticeable minor national party - 5-12% of the vote, members of the house plus an occassional senator. Greens, feminists and old peace + freedom black / red popular front dance an old combine and divide jig around 10-18%. Crossendorsement is national, not just a NYS thing. Federal courts are even more blatently packed by ideologues. Social engineering ammendments are still attempted ( failure of the ERA marked the end of the trend), but none pass. The DC gridlock is much worse and the press much more blatent. The actual societal effect is minimal expect to make the distrust between the sexes worse and the trial lawyers richer.
Consequences? Heres what I think would happen: The culture war is worse than now and got there faster. Carter's presidency is even more of a domestic disaster. The two main parties are more narrowly partisan than today. The plague on both your houses center party dates from John Anderson's 1980 independents rather than Ross Perot's late male menopause in 1992. Libertarians are a noticeable minor national party - 5-12% of the vote, members of the house plus an occassional senator. Greens, feminists and old peace + freedom black / red popular front dance an old combine and divide jig around 10-18%. Crossendorsement is national, not just a NYS thing. Federal courts are even more blatently packed by ideologues. Social engineering ammendments are still attempted ( failure of the ERA marked the end of the trend), but none pass. The DC gridlock is much worse and the press much more blatent. The actual societal effect is minimal expect to make the distrust between the sexes worse and the trial lawyers richer.