All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Universalize a preferential program by making everyone equally preferred. Can anyone argue against it? Do we WANT to proclaim some "more equal than others"? It's what we've been doing, and it is wrong on its face.
Of course, it's wrong. Even the Constitution says so -- the 14th Amendment. The problem is our elites, including the USSC, hold the Constitution (not to mention basic decency) in contempt.