Phyllis Schlafly Hon. Degree Sparks Wash U Spat, Law Prof Protests
Ever the conservative gadfly, attorney and political activist Phyllis Schlafly, didn’t hesitate to say what she thought when law professors, among others, complained about a planned award of an honorary degree to her today by Washington University in St. Louis.
Her critics are “”a bunch of losers,” says Schlafly, 83, who is perhaps best known for her decades-old campaign that helped defeat the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, according to the Associated Press.
Schlafly is accused of being anti-intellectual — her socially conservative views are cited.