{"id":9823,"date":"2025-01-17T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T18:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/?p=9823"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:00:18","slug":"jcpa-welcomes-president-bidens-affirmation-that-the-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/news\/jcpa-welcomes-president-bidens-affirmation-that-the-equal-rights-amendment-is-the-law-of-the-land\/","title":{"rendered":"JCPA Welcomes President Biden\u2019s Affirmation that the  Equal Rights Amendment is the Law of the Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/team\/amy-spitalnick\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amy Spitalnick<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, CEO of the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/jewishpublicaffairs.org\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish Council for Public Affairs,<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> released the following statement:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJCPA welcomes and supports today\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2025\/01\/17\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-equal-rights-amendment\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affirmation by President Biden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met the Article V requirements to be the 28th amendment to the US Constitution, and must be regarded as the law of the land. Our Jewish values call on us to create a world where no person should live in fear of discrimination or violence based on their identity \u2013 whether it\u2019s their religion, race, or sex. The ERA officially makes these freedoms the law of the land, and by explicitly prohibiting sex-based discrimination, makes our communities safer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are grateful to the Biden-Harris Administration for the step they took today. And while we anticipate legal challenges from those who do not wish to see its protections upheld or enforced, we expect the courts to uphold the Equal Rights Amendment as the valid law of the land, since it was passed by an act of Congress and has been ratified by 3\/4s of the states, as required by Article V.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ERA was first drafted over 100 years ago, and we owe a debt of gratitude to the resilience and dedication of countless advocates who have fought tirelessly for equality. The diverse movements advocating for ratification of the ERA have spanned race, religion, and gender. Today\u2019s recognition by President Biden that the ERA should be regarded as the law of the land is a poignant reminder of the progress that is made possible when communities work together across lines of difference to achieve critical change that benefits us all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We stand ready to do everything in our power to champion the enforcement of equal legal protection for women throughout the country, and to push back against those who would stand in the way of this critical progress.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, released the following statement: \u201cJCPA welcomes and supports today\u2019s affirmation by President Biden that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has met the Article V requirements to be the 28th amendment to the US Constitution, and must be regarded as the law of the land. 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