Saturday, September 16, 2017

What Part of the Preamble Don't You Understand?

   What part of the preamble of the Declaration of Independence don't you understand? Is it the part where all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them being life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
   Is it the word "unalienable" you don't understand? That means nobody can take them away. Those rights belong to everyone, regardless where they travel to or what borders they cross to get there. Freedom comes with you when you move, when we are speaking of  these unalienable rights. Governments cannot take them away, because they are fixed and unalterable and God-given.
   If a person just wants to exist here, then that is "life." If a person just wants to not be arrested and deported when he has done nothing wrong, then that is "liberty." And, if a person comes to America in search of a better life, then that is "the pursuit of happiness."
   Those rights cannot be taken away by borders or governments. They go with you wherever you go. Unalienable rights don't change with the shifting of the sand, nor with lines drawn in the sand. (I speak of the sands where Mexico and the United States meet.) Borders can define where a country begins and where it ends, but they cannot redefine the word "unalienable." They cannot redefine who can and who cannot enjoy the blessings and freedoms that are God-given.

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