Senate kills resolution to nullify Equal Rights support

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Senate has killed a House resolution that seeks to rescind the state’s 1975 support of the Equal Rights Amendment.
The resolution sponsored by seven male GOP House members says Congress’ deadline for ratification of the gender-equality amendment came and went 40 years ago and is no longer valid.
Opponents call the resolution a response to offset revived efforts to enshrine the near half-century-old gender-equality measur