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Urging Ratification of the
Equal Rights Amendment
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WHEREAS, equality under the law for all people is a basic
principle of justice; and
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WHEREAS, economic justice and educational opportunity will
continue to be denied people until equality under the law is guaranteed;
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WHEREAS, the proposed Equal Rights Amendment will provide
Constitutional guarantee of equality under the law to the one group in our
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WHEREAS, 35 states have ratified the Equal Rights Amendment to the
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U.S. Constitution; and
• WHEREAS, the Illinois General Assembly will be asked again to
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ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; and
WHEREAS, there is clear and strong support for the Equal Rights
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Evanston City Council
reaffirms our endorsement of the Equal Rights Amendment and urges ratifi-
cation by the Illinois General Assembly.
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