Nahh, they knew that they were not consistent with their own values. Jefferson was conflicted over slavery. So were many of the other founding fathers. For what ever reason, and there were many, they just didn't do anything about it. But like I said before, there is never a good time. It boils down to this. If the majority wanted to do it, all of this would be a moot point.
Jefferson said this in his first inaugural address,
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Quote by: Thomas Jefferson All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression. |
He recognized that many things are done just because the majority wants it that way. But that didn't make it right. That unless what was done by the majority recognized the equal rights of the minority then what they did was not right and was just plain oppression.
Those that think that the majority is correct in not wanting to allow gays to have equal treatment under the law and do nothing to stop the majority are oppressors. And not just in my eyes but in the eyes of Jefferson and in the eye of the values this country was built on.
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