Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary View Post
Blue, I do not agree (although that doesn't seem to be something allowed here much these days!)

The Founding Father were men, some slave owners, all very intelligent. They wrote a great document.

I do not believe they were supermen who could imagine the world today. Any more than we can imagine what the world will be like in another 200 years.

To fall back on the "original intent" (when it works in your favor) just doesn't work for me. The original intent was for that time and that place. We need to be intelligent enough to adapt it to fit the world we live in.
Of course you dont agree, but you never explain why you dont agree.

The Founders knew they couldnt predict the future, that is why they wrote the amendment process into the Constitution. The Constitution, as they wrote it, is the base of our laws to be added to as needed not to be interpretted to mean things not intended by the writers. They intended the doccument itself to change, not its meaning.

They werent supermen, they were smart men.

Now show me where Original Intent works against my favor.

But one last question before I leave you to your original intent...why do you label people who hold different opinions than you do? Why the "leftie" crap?
It is a good generalization of those on the left, same as right wing nut job is a good description for Rush, Hannity and O'Reilly