Talk:Virginia Declaration of Rights

message: This article is in contradiction with Bill of Rights 1689 page -- It states here that Virginia Declaration of Rights was the first declaring the "protection of individual rights, in contrast to mutable laws or previous compacts granting limited or restricted protections, such as to members of Parliament" -- which is contradicted by the fact that the English Bill of Rights 1689 predominantly dealt with the ordinary citizens of the United Kingdom, not the members of Parliament. A phrase needs to be added -- either "the first to exclusively deal with individual rights" or the "first to deal with rights of citizens living in America" or just "one of the first". Alternatively, sources should be found which demonstrate that the English Bill of Rights 1689 page is incorrect.
Rnt20 11:35, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bill of Rights 1689 

message: It seems to me that the newly included reference to the Second Amendment is somewhat disingenuous.  While it is certainly true that the language in Article 13 of the VA Declaration of Rights influenced the language in the Second Amendment, the modern (and highly charged) debate is all about the "Right to bear arms".  Many of the parts of the Bill of Rights are influenced by the VA Declaration - it seems to support an agenda to highlight just this one.--Kubigula (talk) 18:12, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This is correct. I have removed that phrase to reflect what the Virginia Declaration actually states. 24.60.181.75 (talk) 14:55, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Allusion to US Constitution's Second Amendment

message: This topic is inconsistent in its description of the document.  The Contents topic calls the parts of the Declaration articles, whilst the Text section shows them as Sections.  IPBiographer (talk) 00:41, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Article vs. Section

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message: According to the National Archives, the text of section 13 is:
which is not identical to the wording used in the constitution of Virginia TEDickey (talk) 02:02, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Text of section 13