“Her love for God and this country drove her to fight for the Constitutional principles that founded this nation”.
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“Mother, writer, lawyer and president-founder of the Eagle Forum, her contributions to the conservative movement can not be understated”.
Phyllis Schlafly, a leading figure in the U.S. conservative movement, has died at her home in Missouri, aged 92.
John Burger is a news editor at Aleteia. Her latest book, from co-authors Ed Martin and Brett Decker, is set to be released on Tuesday. Schlafly has been a conservative icon since the 1960 starting with the publication of her best-selling 1964 book, A Choice Not An Echo. It had overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives and cleared the Senate by a vote of 84-8 when Schlafly took up the cause. After Friedan urged her burning and called her an “Aunt Tom”, Schlafly responded that she appreciated Friedan’s insults because they revealed to the audience just how intolerant “intemperate, agitating proponents of the ERA” were. “She battled, she won, she confounded the radical left-wing feminists time and again”. It got up to 35. Those of us who disagreed with her have more in common than either side would like to admit.
Shirley noted that the ERA had the support of both party platforms in 1972. But whether one agrees with Schlafly’s “anti-feminist” agenda, one can’t help but marvel at the woman’s indomitable will, energy, and influence.
And in the 1970s, Mrs. Schlafly’s campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment played a large part in its undoing. Why could she not have stayed home and baked cookies. Schlafly endorsed the billionaire at a rally in her home city of St. Louis in March, CNN reported, despite the fact many other conservatives didn’t see Trump as a true ideological conservative. Her political legacy and views will not stand the test of time for what is good, kind and decent.
He claimed his mother was not anti-gay and that “the concept of family values should not be threatening to gays and lesbians”. “We send our honest condolences to her family and join them in missing her”.
“It’s hard to think of a political activist who had as long an impact on the political debate, who was never elected to office”, he said.
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While Phyllis Schlafly managed to secure the love of many conservatives over her decades of conservative activism, much of which were spent demonizing liberalism and the feminist movement, she was far less popular among liberals. One of the more noteworthy aspects to what will be her legacy was a victory after a 10-year battle against the Equal Rights Amendment.
