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To: tarator
That I am not endowed by our Creator with the same unalienable rights as you or that I am not supposed to enjoy them?

There's a difference between natural rights and civil rights.

35 posted on 10/23/2003 7:22:30 AM PDT by traditionalist
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To: traditionalist
There's a difference between natural rights and civil rights.

The D. of I. clearly states "That to secure these rights [i.e. the natural rights], Governments are instituted among Men". It seems to me that civil rights are simply government-secured natural rights.

37 posted on 10/23/2003 10:32:38 AM PDT by tarator
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