You are right, but I still stand by what I wrote. That Liberty was a
new concept that had not been accepted before.
Society has the right to redefine how things will work. Has been
that way since time immemorial.
Does not mean we have to agree with them. In our society that just
means in 2010 we will vote for a new bunch.
Interesting part is that the past few days on "On Point" they have
been interviewing folks who maintain that now is that time to
redefine how things work for the better (or worse depending on your
view point)
http://www.onpointradio.org/
Hour one show both today and yesterday. Very interesting.
Stewart
At 09:12 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
I think you meant to say the Declaration of Independence, rather than
Constitution.
Liberty does not, and has not always equalled the franchise. A
compelling argument can be made that only those who have a permanent
stake in a society, and who pay taxes to support it, ought to be able
to vote how those taxes are spent. Back then that meant property
owning males. We have expanded that definition of who deserves the
franchise, and the tax base, since then.
Matthew
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[email protected]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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