Letter: Declaration was made under God

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Friday, July 9, 2004 | 8:49 a.m.

Perhaps John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston -- the drafters of the Declaration of Independence -- were radicals for their day. They certainly are radicals for our day!

Their historical document begins, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that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."

And they close this document just as they began: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

In both the beginning and the ending of this landmark in American history, these founding fathers -- these radicals -- had the audacity to publicly declare their belief -- and their dependence on -- their Creator.

Perhaps someone should have told them that they were not being PC!

MARSHA NORTON