[TheRealVille]

No, we don't live in a perfect world. There will always be inequities. There will always be prejudice. Trying to "legislate" human beliefs and behavior will merely create more distrust and inequity. Regardless of what the framers believed, it is not being honest to interpret the U.S. Constitution to support special rights for minorities for any reason whatsoever.

I never had any use for John Lennon or his lifestyle so I'll refrain from comment on that one.

It is relevant about how blacks were thought of during the framing of the constitution. A lot of those framers owned slaves, and had no thought of blacks ever being treated equal in this USA. When we came to realize that they should be treated equally, there was nothing in place to make sure they would be. The only way you can live true to the constitution, as it was written two hundred years ago, is to go back to the way things were two hundred years ago. If we want to live equal in a world today, you have to have rules that make sure everybody are treated equal. If the Equal Protection Clause worked, there wouldn't have to be in place things that make sure it worked. You are the lawyer, and way above my knowledge on law things, but all I can see with my limited knowledge, is that the 14th amendment wasn't working, or we wouldn't have to have anti discrimination rules, as in business hirings. If it was supposed to work, why was it still not working a hundred years later?

The only thing I reference to John Lennon is his Imagine song.