Bingo. There's nothing complicated about this. Moreover, it's idiotic and / or ignorant to suggest otherwise.
Assuring basic equality under the law was the whole point of the 14th Amendment. And on this point, the law is absolutely, perfectly clear. People treat it in black and white terms because those are the terms that actually apply.
Indeed, it's no more complicated than "Should black people be allowed to vote?" or "Can we buy and sell women like slaves?"
Assuring basic equality under the law was the whole point of the 14th Amendment. And on this point, the law is absolutely, perfectly clear. People treat it in black and white terms because those are the terms that actually apply.
Indeed, it's no more complicated than "Should black people be allowed to vote?" or "Can we buy and sell women like slaves?"