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These amendments were added via a process built into the Constitution to allow changes to be made, because the folks writing it knew they couldn't account for everything.

But furthermore, the specific wording of the constitution may actually have been intentional insofar that Jefferson may have wanted it to be clear that all people have equal rights. He obviously couldn't singlehandedly change the minds of everyone at the time, but the idea that he intentionally left the wording vague enough to include everyone is a valid idea, I think.




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