{"id":1246,"date":"2020-08-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2020-08-18T19:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T23:58:18","slug":"100-years-19th-amendment-ratified-womens-right-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/100-years-19th-amendment-ratified-womens-right-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years &#8211; 19th Amendment Ratified &#8211; Women&#8217;s Right to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 18, 1920, the necessary 36th State ratified the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution.  From that date forward, women finally had the right to vote in elections in the United States of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was 100 years ago today.   The webite, History.com, details some history of the 19th Amendment <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/womens-history\/19th-amendment-1\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The right for women to choose Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy (UCAP) has always been  a &#8220;women&#8217;s choice&#8221; issue as far as polygamists are concerned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of Attracting Woman&#039;s Choice\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ynsYQigmCmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Truly, if anti-polygamy laws were supposedly about &#8220;equal rights&#8221; for women (as anti-polygamists try to falsely propgandize), then why did it take decades and decades more before male politicians ever let women have the right to vote?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, that fact proves that anti-polygamy laws were NEVER about so-called egalitarianism for women whatosever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Territories...\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TwtvgKOGca8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, anti-polyamy laws remove the free choice option from women being able to choose Unrelated Consenting Adult Polygamy if they perceive that it could work for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because pro-polygamists have always seen this fight for polygamy rights as a &#8220;women&#8217;s choice&#8221; issue, it is a matter of course that UCAPs have also and always celebrated women getting the right to vote with the August 18, 1920, ratification of the 19th Amendment, 100 years ago today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/100-years-19th-Amendment-Ratified.jpg\" alt=\"100 Yeras - Women's Right to Vote - 19th Amendment RATIFIED Agust 18, 1920.\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/100-years-19th-Amendment-Ratified.jpg 700w, https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/100-years-19th-Amendment-Ratified-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalpolygamyadvocate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/100-years-19th-Amendment-Ratified-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 18, 1920, the necessary 36th State ratified the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. 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