“I’d vote to abolish. It’s 2019 and we’re still trying to fight for an Equal Rights Amendment”
Photo: Jane Drinkard In her lauded play What the Constitution Means to Me, playwright and star Heidi Schreck debates the merits of our nation’s 229-year-old founding document. But the play, which completes its Broadway runs on August 24, is far from an esoteric lecture. Rather, the Pulitzer Prize finalist recounts her personal journey from a starry-eyed 15-year-old enamored with the Constitution to an adult woman grappling with its strictures and inconsistencies.
Photo: Jane Drinkard Donna Bissette, 58, North Carolina “I would vote to keep it at this point. We just need to have people in office that are able to interpret it in a way that represents who we are now, not 200+ years ago. I don’t want to think of the Constitution as being stagnant. I’d like to think of it as being vibrant and active. I think it’s time for some non-old white men to be in charge. People of color. Women. Younger people. People who aren’t afraid.
Photo: Jane Drinkard Celia Dudley, 54, California “I guess I’m old school. I would say no to abolishing. The amendment process takes a long time and people are getting impatient, which I can totally understand. But there are ways to work within the system that we have and not just throw the entire system out. So that’s why I’m like, No, you keep it but you keep on changin’ it. Let the future decide how to amend it and change it to make it better. A major shift should take some time.
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