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* I showed you Elizabeth Jagger’s Instagram post on Friday…
* The Sun-Times got the story behind the post…
Elizabeth, the singer’s third-eldest daughter, is a model, actress and activist who has traveled the country pushing for state legislatures to pass the amendment to codify equal rights for women into the U.S. Constitution. She stopped by Springfield last week to attend a rally in support of the Illinois bill, according to Rep. Lou Lang, the House sponsor of the amendment.
“She asked her father to send a letter and he did,” the Skokie Democrat said. Lang saw a draft of the letter but said he wasn’t sure if it had been distributed directly to members yet. […]
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, D-Chicago, said that with a boost from the superstar, this could be the last time lawmakers have to settle the issue.
“We’ve got to get to 71 votes, and if Mick gets us to 71, I’ll be an even bigger fan,” she said.
Lang — admittedly “more of a Sinatra fan” — said Jagger’s letter “adds some flavor” to the Illinois ERA effort, but he doubted it would draw much sympathy for the devil.
Lang is probably right.
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:03 pm
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Comment by FDB Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:08 pm
Is it too late for Lang to file a bill making it a felony for reporters to flagrantly abuse song lyrics in embarrassingly sad attempts at cleverness?
Call it the Armentrout Law.
Comment by wordslinger Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:09 pm
Some girls give me money
Some girls buy me clothes
Some girls give me jewelry
That I never thought I’d own
Comment by Henry Francis Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:12 pm
===Armentrout Law===
Don’t you mean the Altamont Law? /s
Comment by Rich Miller Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:25 pm
I still don’t understand why the GA is wasting time on an amendment 36 years past the deadline for ratification, but if this attempt goes down in flames like the last one, won’t that be a pretty big setback for the cause of women’s rights?
If #metoo and a Rolling Stone can’t get it done, what can?
Comment by Just waiting on a friend Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:50 pm
It’s amazing to me that the ERA is back in the forefront. I was paging back in the day when Dick Gregory and other ERA supporters had a hunger strike in the Capitol rotunda.
Comment by Stones Monday, May 21, 18 @ 12:50 pm
Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?
Comment by Da Big Bad Wolf Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:07 pm
I guess you could say that the sponsors were “waiting on a friend….”
Comment by Boone's is Back Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:08 pm
We can’t manage to fix our budget or find ways to improve our economic climate, but we have time to waste on this?
Comment by Just Me Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:10 pm
“Is it too late for Lang to file a bill making it a felony for reporters to flagrantly abuse song lyrics in embarrassingly sad attempts at cleverness?”
I propose a penalty, like being shunned or banished. Like an Exile on Main Street.
(And if LizPhairTax doesn’t have a response for this thread, there is no god.)
Comment by Shark Sandwich Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:22 pm
- Just Me - Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:10 pm:
=== We can’t manage to fix our budget or find ways to improve our economic climate, but we have time to waste on this? ====
Oh, those ways are crystal clear - create revenue (as in the progressive tax in Iowa, the dozens of discretionary fees/taxes in Wisconsin or the flat out taxing the wealthy and supporting unions in the state thriving above all others, Minnesota). I mean, it really is the GOP with the nonsensical distractions from the reality of how a democracy functions and economies thrive. Passing the ERA just common decency and respect.
Comment by Don Gerard Monday, May 21, 18 @ 1:25 pm
How long must we wait for liberty?
Comment by Amalia Monday, May 21, 18 @ 2:53 pm
Maybe having this young lady’s mom lobby for this might be a better tactic?
Comment by A guy Monday, May 21, 18 @ 4:51 pm