You seem to be saying that the constitution should be interpreted by what the framers had in mind at the time.
The framers of the constitution did not include women or people with black skin within it's stated rights. It took social changes to show that the historical perspective was wrong, and "all men are created equal" now is interpreted as all men of all skin colors and women.
That is a legal precedent against interpreting the Constitution via the viewpoints of it's framers.
Likewise, if you look at the word Creator. All people of all nationalities and religion belong to the United States and are citizens of it. They look at the word Creator differently than you do. They see the rights given to them by their own creators. As per the precedent, while the framers were a more homogenous group, the modern interpretation, to form a more perfect union, see the creator as their own.
If you read the constitution as an essay, and look for it's thesis and why it was created, it's primary goal was "to form a more perfect union". This enabled it to become a power. Today's union consists of many myriad peoples who don't believe in the Christian god. Since the Govt law says that all men are created equal, mandatory prayer time should not be in any govt institutions. But there should definately be an allowance for those who do want to pray. To whatever god/s/dess that they believe in. |
