Reed, I mean you no offense. It's just that you don't understand enough about the pay issue to make reasoned assertions. Here are two of your statements that give you away and make you appear naive:

1. "If we agree that equal pay for equal work is what matters, then there's no issue. Get 'er done and put it into law."

2. "How about just enacting the equal pay for equal work law"

You were told by someone else here that we've had equal pay laws since 1965. 

One more time, read:  "Salary Secrecy — Discrimination Against Women?" http://malemattersusa.wordpress.com/2014/10/27/salary-secrecy-discrimination-against-women/

This is my last comment here. The process is too tedious and the "audience" is too small.