Push to ratify ERA launched in Utah, eyed in other states
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SARAH RANKIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A renewed national push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment has come to conservative Utah, where supporters have launched a long-shot bid to become the tipping point state, despite opposition from the influential Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utah is one of several conservative-leaning states where supporters