To the editor:

This week, the Equal Rights Amendment was brought up to be considered in the Minnesota Senate. The ERA would put a measure on the 2022 ballot letting Minnesota voters decide whether to alter the state’s Constitution to say people have equal rights regardless of gender. Now, I support this measure. But even if you don’t or aren’t sure…we should discuss it.

Instead of letting it go to the floor for debate and a vote, Senator Gary Dahms put his fingers in his ears and denied Minnesotans the right to decide for themselves.

We all claim we want more say in our government. That politicians shouldn’t be making decisions for us. That we deserve a voice.

But Dahms said no to discussion. No to debate. No to letting the people decide.

He was elected to be a legislator, but Dahms has turned into a politician, in every dirty sense of the word. He is playing games in the capitol instead of working for the betterment of Minnesota.

Ben Walker

Marshall