We believe that every human being has dignity and merits protection simply by virtue of being human.

The quotation "All men are created equal" has been called an "immortal declaration", and "perhaps" the single phrase of the United States Revolutionary period with the most grand "continuing importance".

The core conviction of the pro-life movement is that "all men are created equal" that all have a right to life. When Jefferson says "all men are created equal", he refers to the fact that all people should be given equal rights and be treated fairly. In this use, "equal" is not an adverb.

You will often hear pro-lifers emphasize the human features of unborn children, as well we should. The Strange History of "All Men Are Created Equal" Pauline Maier Follow this and additional works at:https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/wlulr Part of theConstitutional Law Commons, and theLegal History Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington and Lee Law Review at Washington & Lee University School of Law It does not mean that all people are created with the same aptitudes, strengths, or weaknesses.

That would obviously not be true. Galatians 3:28 ESV / 113 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. – Mark Hubbard Jul 26 '16 at 13:46 70 Bible Verses about All Men Are Created Equal. It is important to clarify that, on an individual level, we are all equal in the eyes of God.

Jefferson's meaning of all men are created equal? The meaning of “self-evident truths.” Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The DoI isn't talking about how all men are created, but that all men are created equal. As Eric Vicini pointed out, it refers to equality before the law. This line is in the declaration of independance, and has come under scrutiny for its use of the word "men": The concept that all men are created equal was a key to European Enlightenment philosophy. It is an equivalence: all men are equal by birth. [1] [2] Thomas Jefferson first used the phrase in the Declaration of Independence as a rebuttal to the going political theory of the day: the Divine Right of Kings. We all have inherent value as individuals, and we all possess fundamental and inalienable rights. As far as I can tell, this stems from the quote "All men are created equal" by Thomas Jefferson during the american revolutionary period. No. The Declaration states, “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….” There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. In this case, "equal" is correct.