Founding Fathers 'rolling in their graves'

[DrLeftover]

Somebody said on FB: "the Founding Fathers would roll over in their graves if they saw what's happened in this country this year." Talking about legalized marijuana, gay marriage, racial violence, and all the rest of it.

Well, they might not approve of the violence. But when you look at the personal lives of some of them. I'm not so certain they'd condemn it. They might not openly approve, but at least a handful of them were known to indulge in past-times that some of the more stayed members of the group would find abhorrent.

Remember: Dr. Franklin was an honorary member of the ORIGINAL "Hellfire Club" and had been to several of their 'meetings'. Jefferson was known to 'stray' from the straight and narrow. Washington had married a widowed woman that was older than he was and who had several children. John Hancock was the "playboy" of his time, and a true dandy, besides being a smuggler. And so on.

They Were Men. Not gods. With all that comes with it.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Those comparison's and the destruction of a nation because of ignoring a constitution are weak comparisons. Widows getting married soon after losing a husband and was considered completely normal for security. Love was normally a second thought back then. Plus Washington was born in 1732 and Martha was born in 1731. There was a 8 month difference not enough to be a scandal even back then.

 

[DrLeftover]

With Washington, her being his first wife would have raised some eyebrows.