WATCH–Sen. Tim Kaine: ‘Extremely Troubling’ to Say Natural Rights Are from God

[livingston]

WATCH–Sen. Tim Kaine: ‘Extremely Troubling’ to Say Natural Rights Are from God​

During a committee hearing on Wednesday, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) referred to claims that natural rights come from God as “extremely troubling.”

The Western Journal quoted Kaine:

The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes. It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities.

WATCH--Sen. Tim Kaine: 'Extremely Troubling' to Say Natural Rights Are from God

During a Wednesday committee hearing, Sen. Tim Kaine (D) referred to claims that natural rights come from God as "extremely troubling."

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[Darth]

I mean, he's correct. Sort of. They don't "come from" governments either.

 

[livingston]

Cock Crows as Dems Deny God Three Times​

At the Democratic National Convention (2012), the Democratic delegates rejected God three times even though party officials added "God" to the platform, despite the clear absence of a two-thirds approval.

 

[JaguarJaguarGolf]

It’s in the Declaration of Independence…”that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights…

 

[Saltwater60]

I believe in God and I believe in our rights but I can assure you the Bible does not mention rights except being saved by belief in Jesus. The Bible doesn’t mention my freedom to …..

 

[tgenec86]

Separation Of Church And State... Keep it simple.

 

[Zerex]

God may be love and understanding, but also the ten commandments..........the basis of all civil and criminal laws, not unlike the Code of Hammaurbi and the Law Codes in old Kingdom Egypt.

Even the new testament recognizes the Ten Commandments, as does late comer, Islam.

Laws come from God, and do interfere with the natural rights of the unfettered.

 

[Phazer]

It’s in the Declaration of Independence…”that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights…

He can't read it.... it's in a cursive colonial font.

 

[S&W Fan]

What’s actually extremely troubling is the level of infiltration of the socialist commie mindset in our own government.

 

[Grimscale]

It’s in the Declaration of Independence…”that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights…

which, if you understand the mentality of the day, is as generic as they could get. They specifically did not say "God" because they wanted to avoid declaring any single religion.

But let people keep pushing for religion in government. I'll sit back and laugh when it's not THEIR religion that ends up on top.

 

[Zerex]

The Declaration of Independence is not a legal document, but a statement of intent to rebel.
It has no standing in truth.

The inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, is always met by reality in the form of civil and criminal laws/codes, that are thousands of years old.

Notice, nothing is defined to prohibit speeding tickets, gun laws, the Draft, Income Tax, etc etc.

 

[GOPerfect]

inalienable (adjective)

1. unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor:

 

[GOPerfect]

Despite the religious rhetoric, the sobering reality is that the legal existence of rights requires not a deity, but human political action. Without the framers creating the Bill of Rights and etching them into law, fundamental freedoms such as free speech, religious freedom, due process, etc., would not exist. Credit God for rights if you wish, pontificate all you want about their heavenly origins, but only human action can make liberty real.


Even more absurd is the claim that the government can’t take away our rights. Wishful thinking! Of course, it can. On the constitutional level, the framers even created a mechanism for doing so—it's called the amendment process. Any constitutional right—free speech, free press, due process, etc.—could be eliminated by constitutional amendment. To be more specific, a vote of two-thirds of both houses of Congress and three-fourths of the state legislatures can repeal any constitutional right. However unlikely it may seem, all of our "God-given" rights are ultimately vulnerable to governmental action. Only the will of the people protects them.

A few wrong votes and a signature.... our Rights can disappear like a fart in a wind storm.