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Politics : Is Secession Doable?
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To: Road Walker who wrote (51)11/4/2004 8:49:02 AM
From: Amy J  Read Replies (1) of 1968
 
John, RE: "Maybe a first step would be ballot initiatives in the selected states. But to do that, you would first have to build an organization to collect signatures and get some publicity, and of course money."

My biggest issues are women's rights - we need a country that has an ability to elect women into top government posts in equal numbers. I'm absolutely sick and tired of a country that is so backwards they think women's rights only boils down to abortion, which is nan old issue the prior generation worked on. Let's get to the next level here. Let's have a government that mandates fair and equal representation by government. Specifically, mandate 50% men and 50% women must be in Congress and let's mandate that people in their teens, twenties and thirties as well as people in their 70s and 80s need to be also included as members of this Congress as well (we have poor representation of the different ages), so there is absolutely no excuse for inequal government representation. Write Equality into the constitution - and practise it within Congress where it really matters. Make it illegal for Congress to have a composition that doesn't reflect the population. Make inequality of representation illegal.

I might be able to cough up $50k to an organization that would peacefully achieve this equality within no more than one decade, assuming it's legal. My patience is getting thin on this issue, look no further than Canada to see how they have an ability to elect a woman as their Prime Minister, when our country hasn't even had one.

Regards,
Amy J
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