“Men have had the vote since their great great great grandpas dropped black balls into a top hat,” said Ann Bland, spokeswoman for the local affiliate. “And look what that has gotten us - unemployment, deficits, high taxes, and those ugly pictures on driver’s licenses. We think it’s time to let the women clean up both Houses.”
Bland sits on the committee that is drawing up wording for the 28th Amendment, calling for the disenfranchisement of male voters.
“The 19th amendment allowed women’s suffrage,” Bland said. “Well, this amendment will show men the real meaning of the word ‘suffrage.’”
Response from local males was brisk and angry. “Just let them try,” said Paul C. Comitatus, parlimentarian of a local fraternal organization. “Me and my friends have been voting all our lives, some of us even longer, and no woman is going to pull our hands out of those boxes.”
The initiative will appear in a special election at the end of the month. Voting sites have been set up at Renee’s Hair Shoppe, La Leche League, and Soon Lee’s Nail Salon.
Comitatus was unapologetic for his vocal opposition. “What else would you expect from a group that named itself the League of Women Voters? I would never let my wife join a group like that, even if I had a wife.”
Legal pundits predict a lengthy court battle over the proposed amendment.
“The language itself should stand up to court scrutiny,” said one local attorney. “But any attempt to codify the difference between a man and a woman - especially these days - leaves the court open to a lawsuit and years of jokes on the late night shows.”
In related news, members of the Alliance for an Androgynous America were evenly divided in their support for the proposal.
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