According to Thomas Jefferson,
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should,
therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense.
Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties
which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure."
Of course, the same could be said about all those courts "finding" gay marriage rights in their state constitutions, as well. As I told Jeromy Brown, if they didn't discover the right for 200 years, it wasn't there.
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