"The
time for equality in the United States of America is never ended, never
defeated, never killed. And to suggest otherwise, to suggest that equality
in this great country has a deadline of expiration, a date of finality,
is to renounce the very values which are America."
Florida Governor Bob
Graham, 1982
speaking at an ERA rally in Tallahassee,
Florida
Unratified States
.Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia
ERA resolutions introduced in 2007:
Arizona-SCR1019, HCR2046
Arkansas--HJR 1002
Ilinois--HJRCA0002
Florida--S0272, H8003
Louisiana--HCR 4
Missouri--SCR7
There are also active ERA campaigns in Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.