Each man is equally entitled to his life with every other man each man has an equal title to God-given liberties along with every other.” “Second, the Declaration refers to an equality of life. A corollary of this is that no classes are created or recognized by law. The definition of premeditated murder is the same for the millionaire as for the tramp.
Practically, it means that there are no different laws for different classes and orders of men. This means that every man’s case is tried by the same law governing any particular case. “First, there is equality before the law. “Two kinds of equality, so far as individuals are concerned, are treated in the Declaration of Independence. As the constitutional writer Clarence Carson explained: The task of society is to accept people in all their vast array of individual differences but treat them as equals in the way nature intended them to be equal. It is in this way that all men are created equal. It is important to note that natural law does not demand equality in outcome, only equality under the law. Just like gravity, if the laws of nature treat everyone equally, the laws of men should also treat everyone equally. If a person disregards the law of gravity, he will likely be injured or killed. For example, gravity has the same effect on the old and the young, rich and the poor, etc. They can only be treated as equals according to the laws of nature and by extension, under our written laws.
If people are so different, how can they be equal? The answer is, they can’t. They vary in physical strength, mental capacity, emotional stability, inherited social status, and in scores of other ways. They plainly exhibit different natural skills.
One of these truths is that “all men are created equal.” Yet, everyone knows that no two human beings are exactly alike in any respect. The Founders wrote in the Declaration of Independence that some truths are ‘self-evident’.
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