Are There Innate Rights?

[Strike For The South]

Why don't we free the cows to give them rights then? Is it because they don't naturally possess rights?

Because we don't deem it necesarry to give them rights.

The philosophy stems from Christian faith Strike, that God created men equal, with no kings. They late imposed kings on themselves. Whether you believe in Christianity or not though, the philosophy is that people DO have those rights. The reason that slavery is a crime and had to be stopped is because there was something wrong with it. That is that people's rights were being infringed on. The slaves had their rights, they just were not allowed to exercise them. The reason that murder is a crime is because it infringes on a persons right to life and pursuit of happiness. The person has the right, but they can be murdered and the right will be violated. That does not mean that they did not have it, it simply mean that the criminal commited a crime by violating it. That is paramount to the entire philosophy, and if you miss that, you are missing the entire point that the founding fathers were making.

The slaves had no rights and were considered property until the 13th 14th and 15th amendment. Property has no rights. The constitution gave them rights. If you can't excersise rights you don't have them. America gives you these rights because we believe it necessary for the best governing of our country.

I belive all Americans have these rights and should but am not going to campign for the ridding of the caste system in India.