Yes, I do.

And thus most of the above posters exhibit the very phenomenon mentioned in the quote... they sound like Rush, crazy to the end longing for a past that never was. Blessed be that the crazy King George W is out and a sane leader who asks us to open our eyes to reality is in.

The states are just as guilty as the federal government (if not more so)... indeed, the people themselves are also just as guilty, as evidenced in Prop8 in Californicate...

Poorly choosen words for a sane concept... after all our founders did not even consider their slaves and women folks as "people" and thus would never have let them have weapons... read the words in their proper historical perspective and they take on whole new meanings that show how they do not apply as so many today would have us believe they do.

... not sure how religious & spiritual influences make it into a definition of liberty, and thus its a loser... just reads like blither as it is...

Well... "has existed throughout our constitutional history..." until now that is... sigh.