Early in the career of almost every student in the United States is learned the phrase from the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." And like little, mindless automatons, we soak it in and soak in the way it is falsely taught. There are a few, however, that learn to question what they are taught, not to be confrontational, but to be inquisitive. To them is granted the knowledge found in the following line.

All men are created equal, but they don't stay that way for long.

Socialists like to take the line from the Declaration and spin it to mean that everyone is the same, and everyone deserves the same stuff. Differences, then, are vilified. That which separates one man from another is demonized. And, dare I say it, those who separate themselves from others are criminalized.

The fact remains, however, that while all men are created equal, they don't remain equal. God, the Creator of all, creates all men equally and treats each man as a beloved child (though how that treatment manifests itself differs from person to person). Through a series of events, however, even as a result of genetics, no man is equal to the next. Some are more intelligent than others. Some develop strength superior to others. Some are better at building relationships than others. And so on and so forth. After all, if we all remained equal, we would all be the same and have the same skill set, etc.

Oh, this little snippet makes it into that grand social experiment called school. How often have we heard it said that if we were all the same, the world would be a boring place? Well, wouldn't that be the case if all men were created and remained equal?

I am one of those few who questioned the way that phrase from the Declaration of Independence was taught. I have long observed that not everyone is equal. Only now, though, have I attempted to articulate it. I'm still working on it; things could still be fleshed out. However, the truth still remains: all men are created equal, but they don't stay that way for long.