From: Ad 

Geo. wrote:
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:466dc043$2{at}w3.nls.net...
>> You state this incorrectly.  This person was a legal resident of the
>> USA who has basically same constitutional rights as a citizen.
>
> Odd, I don't see the word "citizen" in the following:
>
> We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
> that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
> that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That
> to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
> their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any
> Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of
> the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
> laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in
> such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
> Happiness.
>
> Geo.

It never applied to non-whites for a long period of time so why should it
apply to non-US citizens now?

Adam

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