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The idea that rights come from God, rather than the state, is neither radical nor foreign. It is the foundational principle of our Republic.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. — who was once nearly a heartbeat away from the presidency — has declared that if you believe in the Declaration of Independence, you’re a terrorist.
Kaine says, “The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes. It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”
To those of us who believe in the Creator, the idea that He would grant both laws and freedom to His Created is not at all troubling.
Nor should it be to a US Senator, and once a nearly vice-presidential candidate.
What's troubling is what Attorney General Pam Bondi has unearthed regarding attacks against Christians and Christian institutions by people who hold the same views as Kaine.
Be informed, not misled.
Brianna Lyman wrote in her article for The Federalist:
But the idea that rights come from God, the Creator, rather than the state, is neither radical nor foreign. It is the foundational principle of the Republic. The Declaration affirms this:
“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.”
The Founders recognized that all people are born with certain natural rights that are pre-political and grounded in nature and reason. These rights exist independently of government or rulers and are “endowed by their Creator.”
This conviction at the heart of our founding was inspired by theologians like Thomas Aquinas, who recognized that God created an ordered cosmos and that we can fully apprehend the natural law embedded in His creation through a combination of reason and revelation.
God created all men equal; they all bear the imago Dei, the image of God (Genesis 1:27).
In her article, Lyman also reminds us that "President and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams (who was the son of John Adams), would later say in his July 4, 1821 address that “From the day of the Declaration, the people of the North American union and of its constituent states were associated bodies of civilized men and Christians, in a state of nature, but not of anarchy. They were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct.”
It was this very concept of natural rights — rights that come from God — that led the Founders to declare independence and establish a republic. In doing so, they were making a break from the divine right theory of kingship, which had held sway in England since the time of Henry VIII and the Reformation, and returning to natural law as the basis for political authority.
You see these Leftist demonstrators running around the streets of so-called "progressive" states and cities waving the signs that read "No Kings," "No Kings."
They are deeply misled by people like Senator Kaine and other leaders of the Left.
They are generally the ones who seek to be "king.
Divine right theory held that the right of the monarch to rule is derived from divine authority; hence, the king is not subject to the will of the people, the nobility, the church, or any other estate of the realm. In addition, divine right theory asserts that the rights of the people come from the monarch, and can therefore be given or taken away by the monarch. The Founders recognized this theory violated natural law, and they understood, therefore, that monarchy, or at least any monarchy based on the divine right theory, is an illegitimate form of government.
You disagree? Check this out.
A federal task force established by President Donald Trump has released its first findings, revealing what it describes as systemic government hostility toward Christians during former President Joe Biden’s presidency.
The Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias, chaired by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, outlined in its preliminary report a pattern of federal agencies targeting people of faith, especially Christians, through regulatory overreach, selective enforcement, and outright discrimination. The report is based on investigations and case studies collected over the past several months.
Among the most glaring examples are the Department of Defense and other agencies' routine denials of religious exemptions to Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, despite constitutional protections and federal law allowing such requests. These denials continued until the U.S. Supreme Court halted the mandate following a legal challenge from The Daily Wire.
There's more. Much more.
via Town Hall
Other incidents include the Department of Education’s aggressive actions against Christian universities, including steep fines against Liberty University and Grand Canyon University. The Department of the Treasury, meanwhile, has been accused of “de-banking” Christian and conservative non-profits, raising red flags about financial discrimination based on ideology.
The report also blasts the Biden Justice Department for its lopsided enforcement of the FACE Act, a law intended to protect both abortion clinics and religious institutions. Under Biden, the law was used almost exclusively to prosecute pro-life activists—some of whom were non-violent and elderly—while dozens of churches and pregnancy centers were vandalized or firebombed with little federal response.
Another serious concern is the FBI’s now-infamous internal memo labeling “radical-traditionalist” Catholics as domestic terrorism threats. While the FBI eventually retracted the document after public outrage, the report sees it as clear evidence of religious profiling coming from the highest levels of federal law enforcement.
The Task Force’s conclusion is direct: the federal government under Biden actively and repeatedly undermined religious freedom, especially for Christians. While several investigations are still ongoing, the task force notes that the early evidence already suggests a clear pattern of bias.
Takeaway
In light of these revelations, I'm asking myself, how can self-identifying biblical Christians help elect politicians whose goals are to destroy and remove the very foundations of our faith and freedom?
Can you hate Trump enough to support the likes of Sen. Tim Kaine and his anti-Christian rhetoric?
It was this very concept of natural rights — rights that come from God — that led the Founders to declare independence and establish a republic. In doing so, they were making a break from the divine right theory of kingship, which had held sway in England since the time of Henry VIII and the Reformation, and returning to natural law as the basis for political authority. Divine right theory held that the right of the monarch to rule is derived from divine authority; hence, the king is not subject to the will of the people, the nobility, the church, or any other estate of the realm. In addition, divine right theory asserts that the rights of the people come from the monarch, and can therefore be given or taken away by the monarch. The Founders recognized this theory violated natural law, and they understood, therefore, that monarchy, or at least any monarchy based on the divine right theory, is an illegitimate form of government.
A/G Bondi concludes by promising that the mission going forward is to hold agencies accountable and restore religious liberty as a non-negotiable right, not a partisan privilege. The task force will continue its investigations and push back against what it describes as a “weaponization of government against faith.”
The report ends with a message rooted in constitutional principle: religious freedom is not granted by the government—it is protected from it. The task force vows to ensure that no administration, present or future, is allowed to use the power of the federal government to marginalize or intimidate Americans for practicing their faith.
Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Bold. Be Prayerful.
