[EternalVigilance]

The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress

Right. And the Sermon on the Mount was a talk.

"The Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation's destiny... The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost." -- Frederick Douglass

[Bigun]

Great quote but the fact remains that the Declaration is NOT law. It is exactly what it says it is and nothing more.

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

John Adams