Thursday, February 28, 2008

Equality

When the founding fathers wrote that "all men are created equal," they meant only U.S. citizens.

Male, caucasian, U.S. citizens.

Right?

And they were right, weren't they?
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Unknown said...

This bring ups constitutional law and how the founding founder used "men" in other contexts. This then is used to derive the meaning or intent of the fathers...

The year 1780 marks the first time in America that such wording was used to successfully argue against slavery in a court of law: Brom and Bett vs. Ashley.

The wikiopedia on "All men are created equal" is interesting.

The bible Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. --- This doesn't denote equality so much as a state of being.
Eph 5:31"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."[c] 32This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
... now I am lost in the mystery and have forgotten what I was even thinking about... but somewhere in here I am whether I am equal doesn't seem to matter...

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