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Bravo25 said:
I am quite sure that our founding fathers didn't see yesterdays supreme court rulling coming either.
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Without comment regarding the decision, as to whether it's good or bad, the "sacredness" attributed to our founding fathers' wishes and intent is far more disconcerting than court decisions. Considering the intent and meaning of our founding fathers' words as absolute chiseled in stone sacredness would be nothing more than reducing American society and laws to a religion. The intent and wishes of our founding fathers can be clearly discerned by the lives they led and the society of their day. The intent of our founding fathers, as demonstrated by their lives and society, was to give white males some very exclusive rights, and permitted only the white males to offer input into the creation, interpretation, enactment, and execution of the laws governing everyone.
Fortunately, court decisions to the greatest degree, and legislation to a lesser degree has overturned those wishes and intents of our "founding fathers". They have seen the hypocrisy of the rights and privileges they envisioned exclusively for themselves, and seen that they should be for all people. Court decisions are time sensitive, and can be considered again should circumstances merit. Court decisions put only a dab of consideration into what "founding fathers" envisioned or intended, and puts greater emphasis on what is fair, and what can be permitted under the word of the law as written. The words, and every nuance is evaluated not only seeking reasonable rights for individuals, but also freedoms for the governing branches of our society to more effectively function. That's a heavy responsibility, and is certain to be unpopular, regardless of the outcomes. Hopefully, public opinion will always play the least role in their decisions.