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Igel

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18. The founding fathers would be irate.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun May 13, 2012, 11:17 AM

May 2012

They'd respond that they didn't give rights to anyone.

Rights weren't theirs to bestow; they simply were something that men possessed by virtual of being men. The best the founding fathers could do was acknowledge the government's obligation to defend those that government had any truck with and, when pressed, enumerate some of them to keep government providing those few that involved governmental action and stay out of those that government might intrude on.

I think the "sarcasm" tag wasn't intended to extend back to the basic (mis)assumption.

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I don't believe the Founding Fathers gave Civil Rights to Mormons [View all] edhopper May 2012 OP

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Polygamy RobertEarl May 2012 #14

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The founding fathers would be irate. Igel May 2012 #18

You put your finger on a great problem malthaussen May 2012 #20

That's a good point edhopper May 2012 #21