In her letter to the editor of the Baker City Herald dated July 9, 2022, the writer wrote, “Our Founding Fathers drew wisdom from the Word of God” in composing the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, thereby “securing the blessings of liberty that we have enjoyed for 264 years,” referring to the years since the colonies declared their independence from England.

If the Founding Fathers drew wisdom from the Bible, then why did they completely leave out these significant groups: slaves, Indians, and women? In addition, only men who owned property qualified to run for government office.

It would be decades, including a civil war and passage of several amendments to the Constitution, before those neglected groups would see the “blessings of liberty” in the United States. And those blessings have yet to be fully fulfilled to this very day.

Gary Dielman

Baker City