The birth of the first man and woman to roam the earth marked the beginning of the concept of natural rights. Regardless of your spiritual affiliation one truth remains constant - we are all created equal. Life is an individual gift that cannot and shall not be compromised by anyone. Natural rights are the rights we inherit with the gift of life, they are universal and fall outside the scope of legal rights.
Natural rights, also known as inalienable rights are not bound by the laws, customs, or beliefs of a given society. One of the first formal applications of natural rights is from Islamic law which denied a ruler
the right to take away from his subjects certain rights which inhere in his or her person as a human being.
In the 1600’s John Locke discussed natural rights. He defined life, liberty, and estate as your natural rights. Locke attached the following definitions to his concept of natural rights.
- Life - Everyone is entitled to live once they are created.
- Liberty - Everyone is entitled to do anything they want so long as it does not conflict with the first right.
- Estate - Everyone is entitled to own all they create or gain through gift or trade so long as it does not conflict with the first two rights.
Locke’s work argued that these natural rights could not fall to the theory of social contract. The social contract theory describes inalienable rights as those rights that cannot be relinquished to government.
As citizens of the United States we are afforded natural rights by the Declaration of Independence.
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. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
The preamble expresses that if the government interferes with these rights that we have the right to “alter or abolish” said government. With the liberal trash that is polluting our government today the time is now to take a look at our current administration in relation to our natural rights. Obama’s big, pushy, socialist government will not, and cannot stand.
The presidential Messiah is mounting an attack on our natural rights. His political opinions teamed with those of his liberal counterparts interfere with your right to defend your life, your freedom, your home, and your funds. In the coming parts of this article we will look at why, and what you can do.
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