The Constitution at the time it was written was probably the most liberal document ever written, in that it guaranteed the rights of the individual to live his own life without interference. What has happened in the meantime is that the left (not liberals in the true sense of the word) has come to represent government control over every aspect of our lives, cradle to grave. It is a return to the government that the Pilgrims sought to escape. It is a bastardization of everything that America represents.