Sinator in Virginia challenges the principle of establishment on the source of rights

During a recent confirmation session for American SenateTim Kane, a member of the Democratic Senate from Virginia, actively competed that our rights come from God.

Kane said: “The statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our government are very worrying,” and comparing the idea that the rights “come from the Creator” to the the Thiocaric government.

Kane’s comments, which are of course, are bright, are tainted by a delicious paradox: VirginiaThe country that Senator is serving, the state of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, both of which took the basic matter for our democracy that our rights do not come from the government but from God.

“We carry these facts to be intuitive,” the famous Jefferson wrote in the declaration of independence, “that all men have been created on an equal footing, and that they give their Creator with some unparalleled rights, and that it is among this life, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.”

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What this means is that the government does not invent or cut our rights; Instead, as the announcement, it is Secure they. our Rights come before governmentAnd they come objectively, who machine.

He also thought about that familiar word from Jefferson: “Incalable.” These rights are not specifically disposed of because they do no It comes from the government. If the government is to judge our rights, it can take them away; If the government is an effective issue, it can change it.

If you think this will never happen, you don’t know much about modern history. See the great authoritarian regimes in the twentieth century: the denial of God that led to denial God’s rights – This, in turn, was disposed of until the rights become wings prominently whenever the government’s purposes serve.

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It is unusual that the pioneer American politician This pillar of the American system of democracy will not be understood. May God help us – I mean that literally – God helps us if we say our rights come to us from the government, because this gives the government a force similar to a chef that it was not supposed to enjoy.

We are a nation “under God”, as Lincoln says in the title of Getsburg. This is not just a religious decoration. It is a strong political statement. Our government recognizes the objective rights that come Outside From the government – the rights in the service, not its establishment.

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The fact that this language is used – not only by Tim Kane but by others (see Reproach For MSNBC journalists last year in the same way) – is what really raises anxiety. I would like to claim, it is fruits, on the increasing marginalization and privatization, if not the explicit hostility towards the organized religion, which is the basis of our democracy.

As a proud Catholic and American bishop – I am pleased to follow Thomas Jefferson at this point – I encourage you to celebrate us Incalible rightsAnd resist this dangerous speech.

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