To: xzins
Any wording by the framers using man, or both parents is possibly based on the old Common Law principle of coverture which has since been abandoned by most civilized societies.
68 posted on
08/30/2013 1:44:53 PM PDT by
gov_bean_ counter
(Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools)
To: gov_bean_ counter
Nonetheless, it shows that the Founders and George Washington, were perfectly comfortable with citizenship based upon one parent rather than both.
The considered that citizenship to be at birth “by right” and “by blood descent”.
90 posted on
08/30/2013 2:37:42 PM PDT by
xzins
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