"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"Would you require a literacy test for voting? Or a test on the U.S. political system before voting?
Absolutely, and one demonstrating knowledge of the local, state, [band[/b] Federal political system. Those who can't pass all three can vote in those areas they did pass.
When the government is is given the power to test people before granting them protected rights, those rights are no longer endowed on those people by their creator. They are endowed by the government.
The entire concept goes against the very foundations of what America is supposed to stand for - rights and freedom that are intrinsic to man rather than as a gift from government.
The D of I was a propaganda document, not law, and the man who penned it under the supervision of Adams was perfectly willing to ignore both it and the Constitution whenever existential realities made it necessary in his opinion when in office himself. Your fantasy of what we're 'Founded On' isn't based on what those terms meant to 18th century minds, and in any case few of the 'Founders' were noted for their egalitarianism and support for universal suffrage. What they are saying has little resemblance to what you think they mean.