TexaCan wrote:
After reading three pages of different comments and opinions, what's wrong with just sticking with the whole truth or the actual truth in all of these instances. When we add a word here or there, or omitt a word, it leaves it open to a different interpretation. If we continue to try to please everyone, after a time, the whole truth will be lost, then we all lose. This is just my opinion.
I agree in principle TexCan. Especially when adding or omitting a word materially changes the meaning of what we are saying.
In this particular case I really have no vested personal interest one way or the other. But I am aware that for some, removing the word "fathers" creates a description that is devoid of patriarchal overtones and thus more comfortable. It's certainly no skin off my nose to remove "fathers". In no way does doing so suggest the framers of the Constitution or Declaration of Independence were not men. We all know they were. But we all also know that women have been systematically excluded from getting credit for their contribution to the early formation of our country, and I think anything that furthers recognizing the value of women is a good thing.