MADISON, Wis. – A proposal to implant equal rights in the Wisconsin state constitution will be introduced in the Legislature. The amendment specifically would ban discrimination based on sex, gender identity, race, color and sexual orientation The sponsors, Lori Palmar, D-Oshkosh, and Lee Snodgrass, D-Appleton, noted that Wisconsin ratified the federal Equal Rights Amendment in 1972 but never added it to the state constitution. “It is past time,” said Palmari. A similar initiative failed in the Republican-controlled Legislature last year. The amendment needs to pass two sessions of the Legislature, then go to a public vote.
