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The Debate We Have to Win, Otherwise We Lose the Country
Recently a discussion of this story about DC Comics being pressured by homosexual activists to fire one of its writers because hes on the board of the National Organization of Marriage prompted vigorous debate on my Facebook wall. While perusing through the various comments, it was obvious there still exists much confusion in our country today about the term rights.There are two types of rights: unalienable and contractual. Sometimes referred to as a natural right (i.e. the Laws of Nature and Natures God reference from The Declaration of Independence), an unalienable right is a right that comes from God and thus can be accessed in your natural state without consent from another party because it existed before you were born, and will still exist in nature after you die. Its inherent to being made in the image of God. Should another party attempt to stop you from accessing your unalienable (or natural) rights they are guilty of a crime, oppression, tyranny, or all of the above. For example, I do not require anyones consent to breathe air for it is foundational to my natural state of being. However, should you attempt to stop me from breathing then you are guilty of assault, battery, manslaughter, or murder if youre ultimately successful. If it requires consent from another party to access it then it is not an unalienable (aka natural) right, because you have to impose upon someone elses unalienable (aka natural) rights in the process. Taking someone elses person or property without their consent is what we call a crime. Nowadays some are claiming unalienable (or natural) rights that dont exist. For example, you do not have an unalienable (or natural) right to marry or have sex with whomever you want, because partaking of each of those activities requires consent from another party. We call people who believe they can have sex (aka physical intimacy) with whomever they want rapists and put them in prison whenever we can. We call people who believe they can marry whomever they want cult leaders, sultans, kings, and tyrants because theyre acquiring harems and concubines. Likewise, you also dont have a natural right to live where you want as Ive heard some claim on issues like immigration. To believe that requires you to believe that private property doesnt exist. You cant have it both ways. If you believe I have the right to defend my own property (which our founders absolutely did), then you also have to believe that we the people have the right to defend our own property as well. In a government by the consent of the governed that property in this case are the borders and lands of these United States of America. We own them and they are our private property. Therefore, we have a right to possess and police them accordingly. Rights that require the consent of another party are contractual rights. Posted by: tipper 2013-02-24 |
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