Iconic Civil Rights Opponent Phyllis Schlafly Dies at 92
Infamous for Her Opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment
Phyllis Schlafly, best-known for her campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment, has died, after dedicating more than six decades of her life opposing the rights of others. She was 92. Schlafly founded a conservative organization, the Eagle Forum, which grew increasingly anti-immigrant and anti-gay, despite her having a gay son.
Phyllis Schlafly used to attack Michigan native Betty Ford in the 1970s because Ford supported the ERA. pic.twitter.com/RXfQOWOaUe
— Niraj Warikoo (@nwarikoo) September 5, 2016
Schlafly’s last two columns a few days ago were attacks on trans kids & rant on “multiculturalism.” What a sad way to leave this world.
— Gabe OrtÃz (@TUSK81) September 5, 2016
In March, Schlafly endorsed Donald Trump for president, having supported his call for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S., and having supported his war against immigrants.
“He does look like he’s the last hope,” Schlafly said in an interview with the far right wing website WND. “We don’t hear anybody saying what he’s saying. In fact, most of the people who ought to be lining up with him are attacking him.”
“It sounds like Donald Trump is the only one who has any fight in him,” she added. “He will fight for the issues that we really care about and are very hot at the present time, such as the immigration issue. I don’t see anyone else who’s eager to fight.”
In 2013, Schlafly lamented that Latinos don’t “have any Republican inclinations at all†because “they’re running an illegitimacy rate that’s just about the same as the blacks are,†as Right Wing Watch reported.
She added that Latinos “come from a country where they have no experience with limited government. And the types of rights we have in the Bill of Rights, they don’t understand that at all, you can’t even talk to them about what the Republican principle is.â€
In a statement Eagle Forum first vice president Eunie Smith announced, “Today, Phyllis Schlafly has gone home to be with her Lord after a long illness.â€Â
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