Didn't know what the 25th amendment was...
Evidently Bannon had to explain it to our president...yeah...
shareI don't believe he understands what the Constitution is for, let alone what's in it.
shareNeither did Obama.
shareAgreed. I am very thankful Obama is no longer in office. The sad thing about Trump is he can't articulate the contrast between the benefits of freedom/God-given rights/independence with the controlling govt Obama (and the Left) put in place.
sharegod-given???WTF are you on about??? He can't get things accomplished because he's a childish simpleton!!!
share"god-given???WTF are you on about???"
Where do you think our rights come from? The government?
"He can't get things accomplished because he's a childish simpleton!!!"
Agreed.
More specifically, our government...but also many nations around the world have granted freedom to their citizens. These are governmental modifications and not divine dictates.
Questions like why didn't god grant freedom to all mankind...or atleast his chosen people? Why did he wait 2000 years to grant people freedom? Why is this not mentioned in scripture...wait...are you Mormon? If so are you attesting that when the remaining disciples came to the Americas they imparted these new freedoms to the indigenous peoples who then,hundreds of years later, repeated these mandates to the newly forming US government? All these questions are fair game with your assertion of God given freedom.
Of course there are governments which have granted rights. But under that rule, they can take those rights away, as well. It would be much harder for the U.S. government because, as the Declaration of Independence says, we are "...endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable Rights..."
The Bill of Rights is made up of protections to prevent the government from taking away those rights. The first amendment: "Congress shall make no law..." The second amendment: "...the right of the people... shall not be infringed". And so on. It sets LIMITS on federal government power.
These God-given rights apply to everyone, whether one believes in God, or not. Governments can either protect or infringe on these rights. I'm not a Mormon. I've simply studied American History and government. But freedoms are mentioned plenty of times in the Bible, so I don't know why you're saying it's not. I also believe God has reasons to support different leaders and governments for different reasons. Sometimes to bless, sometimes not.
Can I ask you a question? Did you attend public school in the U.S.?
Nope...private school
Man gives freedoms and take them away...deity plays no role.
The fact is our founding documents were based on rights coming from God. You can't change the wording or intent just because you don't believe in a Creator.
shareSome of us atheists prefer to call them "natural rights", but you're correct that it amounts to the same thing: rights possessed by all men that precede any government.
shareAnother fact of the same caliber...she's the man was based on Shakespeare....fiction works that way. I am not questioning the wording or intent...it is the sane rationale I question.
shareObama was a CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer before being a senator!
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