Sunday, February 15, 2015

Do American rights come from God or from man?

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The Declaration of Independence relies heavily on divinely inspired natural law: “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 …”
Read more... at WND.

The passage came to represent a moral standard to which the United States should strive. This view was notably promoted by Abraham Lincoln, who considered the Declaration to be the foundation of his political philosophy, and argued that the Declaration is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted. Wikipedia.

Now we have liberal reporters arguing with judges.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh my, liberal reporters arguing with judges. Everyone knows that liberals should keep their mouth shut when an extremely conservative bannister interprets the religious intentions of the Declaration of Independence.

On the other hand, we should always listen closely to the words of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh when it comes to criticizing matters of foreign policy as determined by our State Department.

Apples and oranges, you know?

Lynn Anderson said...

Oh, you mean that same State Department that just entertained the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD...terrorists? That State Dept? The one that Hillary was affiliated with and allowed 4 Americans to be murdered in Benghazi? That one?

Anonymous said...

Memo to Lynn: after countless hearings, least 4 REPUBLICAN subcommittees have found that the Obama Administration was not negligent. Rush and Sean say they were.

And you're an Independent.

Lynn Anderson said...

They found there was nothing negligent in the e-mails. There was plenty wrong and negligent in Benghazi. The State Dept did not act impartially and never fully investiagted Clinton's role.