[VRWCtaz]

As you were in the crowd yesterday, maybe you can set something straight. This story says Thompson "talked of how laws come from God and not the government."

Now I can see him talking about rights coming from God - but not laws.

[dougd]

talked of how laws come from God and not the government

Seems like a case of the reporter completely unequipped to understand what was being said that he got it wrong. Fred uses the line of rights coming from God, not government frequently on these stump speeches.

Apparently the idea is so foreign to the reporter that he got all confused.

[jshermn]

I don’t remeber how he phrased it, but it got resounding approval from the crowd.

[kevkrom]

This story says Thompson "talked of how laws come from God and not the government." Now I can see him talking about rights coming from God - but not laws.

It's possible that it's an accurate quote, and that Thompson muffed the line. Even so, it's true, the most basic of laws -- don't murder, don't steal, don't defraud -- all have Ten Commandments roots.