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In the Declaration of Independence, is the phrase “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights” purposefully ambiguous? Is it meant to imply that “their Creator” can mean their parents, and that the phrase is talking about birthright citizenship?

by /u/SoupSpiller69 in /r/AskHistorians

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