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Thread #128652   Message #2883000
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
09-Apr-10 - 02:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: The time has come (proposed amendment)
Subject: RE: BS: The time has come (proposed amendment)
Wait on, doesn't the Constitution talk about 'all created equal' already?

Not the Constitution, I don't think, but the Declaration of Independence says that, in slightly different words.

BUT! The meaning of that "We hold these truths to be self-evident" *** "all men are created equal" language is a philosophical statement, not a matter of the mechanics of government. Wherever it's found, it means, in effect, "all men are equal in the sight of God" or "all men are equal in essential worth" or "all equal in inherent dignity". It may be seen as the theoretical underpinnings of egalitarian law, but is in no way binding, by itself, on the executive branch or legislature or government officials.

That philosophical statement, to have a real-world meaning, must be (and should be) embodied in unequivocal statutory language.

Dave Oesterreich