The Chinese American community is speaking out against Prop 1, as expressed in their statement below.
CACAGNY Says NO to Prop One on the ballot this November!
July 29, 2024
This November, the election ballot will contain a Proposal to amend the New York State Constitution. The amendment is known as the “Equal Protection Amendment” or the “Equal Rights Amendment,” though politicians and the press may also call it the “abortion amendment.” The Proposal appears as Proposition One on the ballot.
Please vote NO on ballot Proposition One and spread the word to your friends to do the same.
This article explains in detail why Prop One is a very, very bad thing. In short, Prop One can be used to invalidate the Hecht-Calandra law that protects the Specialized High Schools.
There is a lot of deception going on. Politicians and their allies in the press want voters to think that Prop One is just about protecting abortion. But abortion is not under even the most remote threat in New York. Abortion is supported by the vast majority of New Yorkers and has been protected by New York State law for decades, even before Roe v. Wade.
Some voters know that Prop One is also about protecting transgender rights. And many New Yorkers are OK with that too.
Some have figured out that Prop One is also about protecting transgender minors’ rights. That’s very different. That means that without having to pass a specific contentious law, sex-change providers now enjoy Constitutional protection to operate on children without parents’ knowledge. And parents who complain may go to jail. A lot of parents would be alarmed by that– if they only knew.
But Prop One is even bigger than that. With Prop One, the SHSAT can be gone in a second, and it wouldn’t even need legislative action in Albany to do that: yes, Banks — or a future Carranza — can do that all by himself! All kinds of bad changes, by any administrator, get Constitutional protection under Prop One. Most voters have no idea. It’s all carefully buried in the complex and sweeping language of the Amendment, as explained in the article linked above.
So, say NO to Prop One and spread the word to all your friends! And please, publish op-eds or letters to editors! Voters need to learn about the true agenda behind Prop One between now and November. This is serious.
CACAGNY 紐約同源會
Chinese American Citizens Alliance Greater New York
PO Box 130024
New York, New York 10013
www.cacagny.org x.com/cacagny
Here is the Language that will be on the back of your November 5th ballot:
Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 11 of article 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
§ 11. a. No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state or any subdivision thereof. No person shall, because of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed [or], religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy, be subjected to any discrimination in [his or her] their civil rights by any other person or by any firm, corporation, or institution, or by the state or any agency or subdivision of the state, pursuant to law.
b. Nothing in this section shall invalidate or prevent the adoption of any law, regulation, program, or practice that is designed to prevent or dismantle discrimination on the basis of a characteristic listed in this section, nor shall any characteristic listed in this section be interpreted to interfere with, limit, or deny the civil rights of any person based upon any other characteristic identified in this section.
§ 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be held in the year 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the election law.
Explanation – Matter in underscored is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Click HERE to read more about the Equal Rights Amendment and why you should vote “NO”.
