Chuck F Todd thinks rights come from Government, not from GOD. (states, claim)

[aridon]

Since the dawn of humanity, man has determined what can and can't be done inside their territory.

History is full of oppression, violations and extermination at the whim of man.

[VA.89]

Originally Posted by cttransplant85

He must have never read the declaration of independence.

So what's the source for the Declaration? Beyond life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, where are the other rights in the Bill of Rights dictates from the Creator?

(By the way, don't misinterpret me. I'm genuinely curious what people think.)

[odanny]

Rights come from God……LMFAO…….

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by aridon

Since the dawn of humanity, man has determined what can and can't be done inside their territory.

History is full of oppression, violations and extermination at the whim of man.

And the government is our favorite form of oppression.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by odanny

Rights come from God……LMFAO…….

I'm not saying they do. I'm asking if you think they come from government?

[pknopp]

I have a car I'm building at my friends garage. He always has Rush on. Rush was going off on this in defense of Roy Moore. He skipped a ton of the argument.

"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is a well-known phrase in the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the "unalienable rights" which the Declaration says have been given to all human beings by their Creator, and which governments are created to protect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_...t_of_Happiness

Let's start with "given to all". Roy Moore said: In this short excerpt, Moore says “homosexual conduct should be illegal” and calls it “immoral” and “detestable.”

Watch Roy Moore, the Latest GOP Star, Argue for Criminalizing Homosexuality – Mother Jones

How does this jibe with the idea that "all" may pursue "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness "? It's not up to others what those pursuits should be is it?

Rush doesn't explain this.

[odanny]

Originally Posted by No_Recess

I'm not saying they do. I'm asking if you think they come from government?

I never implied you believed anything.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by bobisinthehouse

This Chuck F Todd guy is completely wrong.

Quick, where do property rights come from?

[odanny]

Originally Posted by pknopp

I have a car I'm building at my friends garage. He always has Rush on. Rush was going off on this in defense of Roy Moore. He skipped a ton of the argument.

Rush is a fat tub of buttery goo, how on earth can you work on a car and listen to him? You seem so much smarter than that.

[Loveshiscountry]

Originally Posted by VA.89

So what's the source for the Declaration? Beyond life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, where are the other rights in the Bill of Rights dictates from the Creator?

(By the way, don't misinterpret me. I'm genuinely curious what people think.)

Bill of Rights defines the rights that government protects, to protect us against government over reach.

When some in government say “of course we can,” you and I are supposed to use the Bill of Rights to say, “No, you can’t.”