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To: Monorprise

I understand what you are saying concerning incorporation and the bill of rights. But, my understanding of the constitution is that the rights for individuals are merely codifications of an already existing granted right. The right comes from God and the government merely recognizes the right. That being the case, if the local (such as a state) government does not recognize our God given rights, I guess we could certainly move to another state. But I think it is inherent that the Federal government is there to protect our God given right. That is why I believe that the Federal government stepping in to ensure blacks be allowed to vote in the 1960’s with the voting rights act was lawful and just.


34 posted on 08/18/2010 7:32:30 PM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Government in general is there to protect your God given rights, Not specifically the Federal government. Although to get that protection you have ceded to both your state Government and the Federal government a small number of other rights in their respective constitution’s.

Just because you have not ceded the right to free speech to the Federal Government does not mean you cannot cede that right to the State Government.
To say otherwise is madness given the extraordinary finite scope of the Federal Government.


36 posted on 08/19/2010 12:06:03 AM PDT by Monorprise
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

It slipped out of my original post but Voting rights is in the 15th not 14th amendment. Voting rights of course has absolutely nothing to do with the Bill of Rights. But even before the 15th amendment it was a State issue, quite logically as there are NO Federal elections in the United States in which the people part take. Only State and local elections.


37 posted on 08/19/2010 12:19:22 AM PDT by Monorprise
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