LeftofLeft
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Absolutely........it is the only way we get things doneThe idea that the Founding Fathers were liberal in the modern sense is absurd. In fact, not only did NONE of the 13 original colonies have gay marriage, none of them even had legalized sodomy.
Washington, Jefferson, et al were "Fundy homophobes" by the current definition.
Again you obsess over evolving issues over time
Liberalism is a mindset....it is not cast in stone
So you are saying that because the then Liberal mindset of The Founding Fathers was successful that one ought to always thank and embrace Liberalism?
Do we
Absolutely........it is the only way we get things doneThe idea that the Founding Fathers were liberal in the modern sense is absurd. In fact, not only did NONE of the 13 original colonies have gay marriage, none of them even had legalized sodomy.
Washington, Jefferson, et al were "Fundy homophobes" by the current definition.
Again you obsess over evolving issues over time
Liberalism is a mindset....it is not cast in stone
So you are saying that because the then Liberal mindset of The Founding Fathers was successful that one ought to always thank and embrace Liberalism?
Interesting. Yet we don’t thank
Absolutely........it is the only way we get things doneThe idea that the Founding Fathers were liberal in the modern sense is absurd. In fact, not only did NONE of the 13 original colonies have gay marriage, none of them even had legalized sodomy.
Washington, Jefferson, et al were "Fundy homophobes" by the current definition.
Again you obsess over evolving issues over time
Liberalism is a mindset....it is not cast in stone
So you are saying that because the then Liberal mindset of The Founding Fathers was successful that one ought to always thank and embrace Liberalism?
I see. It was that same “liberal” mindset that felt change was necessary in 2016 in voting for Trump over Hillary and continuation of Obama. The only way to get things done