"Jeff" wrote in message
news:TyF2f.418739$x96.87311@attbi_s72...

"an old friend" wrote in message

you don't respect the constitution premise that All men are created
equal
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Only under the eyes of the law.....

You're both wrong; shame on you. It's the Declaration of Independence, and
it's predicated on the belief that government serves only to secure the
rights that we're all born with.

To whit:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure
these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
Powers from the consent of the governed, -- "

Of course, that document was written by slaveholders...so much for -that-,
eh?