Friday, September 4, 2009

Rights in the US

I heard today that one of Obama's appointees has cleared the way for the US to be sued by former occupants of Gitmo for violating their "rights". I have a problem with this is, a BIG problem with this. I am tired of hearing about it!

First, the ONLY people that are supposed to have the full rights in this country are those who are here LEGALLY, and who are LAW ABIDING. I am tired of hearing of the "rights violations" when the Border Patrol catches someone crossing the border illegally and detains them. Or a land owner holds illegals at gun point waiting for the authorities to come and retrieve them for trespassing and destruction of property. Or of the rights of people (I call them that lightly) who were held for plotting acts of terrorism against our country. Or the rights of a criminal who was injured in the process of committing a crime.

If you are not in this country LEGALLY, our Constitution and Bill of Rights does not apply to you!!! That applies to our CITIZENS and those we have invited into our country. If you are in the process of committing a crime and are injured, you do not have the RIGHT to sue your victim. If you attack (or want to attack) our country, do NOT hide behind our Bill of Rights. You wanted to destroy it, quit wrapping yourself in it!

And for those who are protected by our Constitution and Bill of Rights, if YOU have the right, so do I. Just because I believe differently, does not mean your rights supersede mine. Despite what you think, you are not superior to me just because you are more "open minded". You are only open minded to those things that you agree with. I have the right to the Freedom of Religion & the Freedom of Speech. That means that I have the RIGHT to speak about my God ANYWHERE I choose. I also have the RIGHT to disagree with your life style! I do not have the right to try and physically harm you because of your lifestyle, but neither do you have the right to take away my rights to speak what I believe. Saying that I think homosexuality is a sin is no more hate speech than saying that I believe theft, murder, adultery, lying, and lust is a sin as well. But why is it okay for "the enlightened elite" to spew hate and filth about my faith and my Saviour, even saying that we should die, but that is not hate speech?

Why is it that anyone who believes in doing what is right, anyone that wants to hold their faith, morals, and freedoms are considered whack jobs, or extremist when we tell others how we feel/believe? Yet when the other side tries to force us to accept their lifestyle, they are just standing up for their rights? I have yet to understand why if you are anti-Christian, your rights are inviolate, but if you are a Christian exercising your rights, you are a hate monger? To me that seems like a double standard. But then again, I am not one of the "enlightened elite", so I probably just don't understand...

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