The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
Our nation was not founded because we all looked alike, or prayed alike, or descended from the same family tree. But our founders, in their genius, in this, the oldest constitutional democracy, put forth on this earth the idea that all are created equal; that we all have inalienable rights.
The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.
I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.
The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for all people ideally should apply everywhere in the world.
We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as themselves.
The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens.
The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.
A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.