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Ain't this Special? Could we give Senator Cruz an "AMEN" (Original Post) Mira Feb 2016 OP
And it has to be the 'correct' God too. peacebird Feb 2016 #1
he wants to be king of a theocracy....go away teddy spanone Feb 2016 #2
Doubtful the founders would roll over in their graves SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2016 #3
You lost me there for a minute sorefeet Feb 2016 #5
They said it in the Declaration of Independence treestar Feb 2016 #6
Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2016 #7
This man is the absolute worst candidate in our history. nt ladjf Feb 2016 #4

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
3. Doubtful the founders would roll over in their graves
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 11:17 AM
Feb 2016

Since that's basically what they said in the Declaration of Independence.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
6. They said it in the Declaration of Independence
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 11:28 AM
Feb 2016

The Constitution doesn't bestow the rights, they are inherent in humans, and existed before the Constitution. They do come from somewhere outside it. But not from Ted Cruz's version of God.

SickOfTheOnePct

(7,290 posts)
7. Exactly
Wed Feb 3, 2016, 11:31 AM
Feb 2016

They're our rights as human beings, period. The point of the Constitution wasn't and isn't to grant rights, but rather to protect the rights we're born with.

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