I believe scientists using DNA were able to link sally hemming's descendants to Thomas Jefferson beyond a reasonable doubt.
It also was well known in his time; The Federalists, particularly John Adams and his allies, used it to blacken Jefferson's reputation
If you use him as an example of righteous behavior, I can also show that he was a slaveowning deadbeat dad responsible for fatherless children
And where in ANY of Thomas Jefferson's, james Madison's, or John Adam's writings do you find any policy statements about lesbian couples having children?
blah, blah, blah......
Conservative caught 'paging' page boys; black smear on all conservatives.
Barney Frank; frankly is as harmless as Barney the Dinosaur.
Talk about double standards and creating facts on the ground.
You really think we're stupid, don't you.
They did not prove that Thomas Jefferson was the daddy beyond a reasonable doubt. They proved a Jefferson was the daddy. And there were a few amorous relatives around at the time who could also have fathered the Hemings' children.
I believe that T. Jefferson was the father, but that's just my feeling after visiting Monticello and reading a bit on the subject. My favorite professor, Forrest McDonald, believes T. did not father any of Sally Hemings' children. And he can't stand Jefferson! Jefferson was executor of several wills of slaveowners. It was the will of these folks that their slaves be freed upon their (the slaveowners) deaths. Jefferson did not free those slaves. His will provided that select slaves be freed upon his death.
If there were more than a teeny tiny number of lesbians in 18th century America, if they had any children it would have been with an actual man as a father.
And they did not make it public, policy or a political statement.