P.S. Hint: natural law is not about “preachers.”
“Hint: natural law is not about ‘preachers.’”
From the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...”
I think we would both agree this is the highest expression of natural right theory in the American cannon. Certainly, it’s our most quotable expression of natural right theory. Where does it say our unalienable [sic] rights come from? They come from our “Creator.” What is another name for the Creator? God. What do preachers spend their time blabbering about? That’s right, God.
Citizenship is all about the law, not politico-theological philosophy.
Now who’s educated?