Our Declaration of Independence clearly states that our rights are not given by government, but by God. It is for that reason that we consider them INALIENABLE. Neither our government nor our citizens are free to infringe on these rights because they are not granted, they are recognized. It also clearly states that governments are created to SECURE these rights...that is, to make sure that our inalienable rights are not infringed upon. The power to secure these rights, it says, comes from "the ...
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I recently had an interesting conversation with a friend about illegal immigration. She drew a parallel between East Germans escaping tyranny through Checkpoint Charlie and illegal immigrants from Mexico escaping the tyranny of poverty. Her point was that we tend to celebrate one escape to freedom and condemn the other...and that America is evil for keeping out desperate people who just want to feed their families. Add to that her insistence that America's laws don't reflect a Biblical response ...
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