No doubt about it, in your spiritual life, -- we can see that the Divine Entity you believe in has the highest authority.
And possibly, - the men who wrote our Constitution also believed that concept. - Tho many were said to be 'freethinkers'.
However, -- in our day to day business and political life, the Constitution is our Law of the Land.
You've mentioned "defending ones family", - how is our Constitution stopping you from that goal?
You now want the Founding Fathers and their work to fit a your view of the modern world.
How liberal of you...
That explains much about your views. You indeed have replaced the Divine with the work of man, which was not as it was intended to be.