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Show ERA Deadline extension opposed terms, then want to change the rules in the middle of the stream," said Garn. "There is still time before next March to get the Equal Rights Amendment passed, if the people want it," he said. "But the distortion ol the ratifying process is whaf I'm objecting to, as well as the fact that granting the extension seems to favor only one side because states cannot de-ratify." Extending the deadline for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment is "patently unfair as a matter of principle," prin-ciple," U.S. Senator Jake Garn said Monday regarding regar-ding pro-ERA lobbying efforts in Washington this week. Garn met with several women who are presently lobbying Congress for an extension of the seven-year time limit due to expire March 1979. "I am absolutely opposed to the extension, simply because the time limit was a rule we established," said Garn. "We must not change the rules when one side hasn't won, and seven years is adequate time for consideration con-sideration of ERA by state legislatures." The Utah Republican likened the extension of the deadline to unfairly prolonging a basketball game, in hopes of increasing the losing team's chances of winning. "The extension is much like saying 'we haven't won so we want another forty minutes, and only our side can score points.' To stack things solely for one side is something I cannot support," sup-port," he said. Noting that even ERA supporters have told him they don't like the method of extension, Garn emphasized he must oppose it on principle. prin-ciple. "There is something wrong in our system when people agree to certain |