Historical Update...circa 1987.

[piece-itpete]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

The revolutionary stuff in the Declaration of Independence was the assertion that government was the possession of the people, not the other way around, and that they could change it. And no, it was never law, and under that law that existed it was utterly illegal. But law isn't everything.

The founders took some big, liberal steps. It's wrong to damn them because they didn't take more.

Originally Posted by JJIII

Check this out.

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/46460

Many thanks to you both.

It's kinda pervertedly in fashion right now to hate on the Founders. It shows a profound lack of understanding - and an incomplete education in our schools.

[EDIT: that sounds harsher than it actually is]

Pete