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‘Mormon Land’: The ERA is back and female members are pushing for it, with their church no longer fighting against it.

Forty years ago, those three initials set off strong conversations and sparked national headlines. The Equal Rights Amendment — the proposed constitutional measure guaranteeing equal legal rights regardless of sex — fell short of ratification among the states.

Now, it’s back, and, by some counts, needs just one more state to reach ratification and become the law of the land.

So where does the church — which vehemently fought the ERA for years — stand on it today? It isn’t saying. When asked earlier this year by The Salt Lake Tribune, the institution declined to comment.