You know, one thing that fascinates me about this country is how we idolize the Founding Fathers like George Washington and John Adams, to the extent where we believe that everything they stood for is exactly what our country should stand for today. Who cares if the Second Amendment is completely outdated and when put in context doesn't apply to any sort of personal gun ownership in modern times, much less to the logic behind allowing the sale of AK47's and cop-killer bullets to civilians? The Founding Fathers wrote it, and they were never wrong!
Gay marriage? That's against the Judeo-Christian morality that our Founding Fathers based this country on! Abortion rights? My God, man, think of what George Washington would say!
Negros voting? That's offensive to everything that the Founding Fathers stood for! The place of a Negro is obviously working on the fields to maintain the economy of the South! Women voting? Women belong in the kitchens, and when they're not in the kitchens they should be yielding more younguns.
Oh wait, I wasn't supposed to include those last two.
Now, don't get me wrong, the Fathers got a lot right - the first amendment is great and is still is applicable to modern times, but I think one thing the hardcore right-wing looneys are forgetting when they bring up the Founding Fathers and their vision for America is this: the Constitution was meant to be a living document, changing and evolving as society changes and evolves. The idea that it's static is just ridiculous - we do have certain unalienable rights but that's because our society deems these rights necessary and unalienable, not just because it's written on a piece of paper. Civil rights wouldn't have been instated unless part of society stood up and DEMANDED it. Hero worship of our Founding Fathers isn't healthy, I don't think, and although we can respect the work they did in helping our country last these 200-something years, that doesn't mean we have to adhere to the same philosophies that they did 200-something years ago.
So that's that. Respect the Constitution but be aware of its intentions and its past, is all I'm saying.