Each time President Obama addresses America’s inalienable rights, I get emails. “Did you see Obama left out ‘Creator’ again?” began the latest.
The most recent occasion was a June 17 presidential statement responding to a UN resolution on sexual orientation. Obama stated that “LGBT persons are endowed with the same inalienable rights—and entitled to the same protections—as all human beings.”
I can imagine why Obama and his speechwriters excluded the Creator in this particular statement. To say that “LGBT persons,” meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, have inalienable rights is one thing. After all, in the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson affirmed that “all” human beings are endowed with “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
I take the Founders at their word. “All” means “all.” And this, wrote Jefferson, with the hearty approval of John Adams, Ben Franklin, and the entirety of the Continental Congress, is a “self-evident” truth.
No one should argue that “LGBT persons” don’t have inalienable rights.
And who endows those rights? The Creator does.
President Obama and his speechwriters and staff surely knew that to bring the Creator into this statement on sexual orientation would generate a firestorm over origins—from the origins of man and marriage to the origins of sexual orientation, from the ancient words of Genesis to the modern text of the Defense of Marriage Act.
That said, this is far from the first time President Obama has been selective with inalienable rights and, more tellingly, with their preeminent Author. As CNS News reported, this was the third time this year alone that Obama used the language of “inalienable rights” but omitted the “Creator.”
In fact, this tendency by Obama began literally at the very start of his presidency. In quoting what seemed to be an amalgam of the American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, our new president excluded “life” among the inalienables, as well as the “Creator” that endows that right to life. It was quite a statement for his first presidential statement.
What to make of all of this? It’s hard to say, but it’s surely no accident.
Presidents have speechwriters. They write speeches with carefully crafted words that the president wants to say. Those speeches go through an exhaustive review. Exclusions like “Creator” and “life” from America’s sacred inalienable rights (or “unalienable”) don’t happen causally—or shouldn’t.
In truth, one cannot separate our Declaration’s inalienable rights from their Creator. The Founders understood this, knowing that Americans must realize that these inherent rights come not from man or government but God.
Is President Obama’s repeated failure to overtly link the two an attempt to separate them in a deeper sense? Or is he simply assuming they’re intertwined, with no need to openly acknowledge God as the source? I don’t think we can assume the latter, especially given Obama’s consistent omission of the source, but—to be fair—I can’t say for certain.
Nonetheless, something is going on here. And this much I can say:
President Obama and his administration pride themselves as modern progressives. The progressive project, for 100 years and counting, has been about reshaping and redefining the very essence of American thinking. The Constitution itself has been the obvious target. Progressives eagerly reinterpret the Constitution, declaring it a “living document” subject to their unceasing, always-evolving “changes” and “reform.”
So, given their liberties with the Constitution, why wouldn’t progressives do the same with the Declaration of Independence?
With Obama’s statements, are we witnessing larger symptoms of a progressive push to reshape and redefine the Declaration’s inalienable rights and, more fundamentally, their very source? Are we observing an attempt to remake these rights in the progressives’ own image, with the Creator out of the process?
Progressivism is moral relativism at the political level. Truth is never constant, with no fixed starting point, whether (theologically) in Sacred Scripture or (politically) in sacred political documents like the Constitution and Declaration. Truth is determined not by an absolute authority but by individuals—or, here, progressive individuals en masse—who are always marching and ever-advancing toward evolving truths revealed somewhere down the road. There is no goalpost set in concrete. Progressives themselves cannot tell you their ultimate endgame because they are constantly progressing (click here).
Is this an exasperating ideology? You bet it is.
What does this mean as America again prepares to mark the Declaration of Independence? Does it mean our “inalienables”—or, more so, their fountainhead—are not so self-evident, or at least subject to reinterpretation?
To citizens of a “progressive” mind, yes, I’m afraid so. Is our president among them? I fear so.
And I’m even more afraid that few Americans know or care.
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We want to cut BM out of government..
I agree! All parents know what a BM is, and how fast we want to dispose of it, because of its stink. .2012 will rid us of the biggest BM ever seen, but only if we can wake American voters up..
After all, Obama did promise our women majority who voted for him a "fundamental trandformation of our government" into Marxism(Anti-Christ), didn't he? Intellectualizing "Eve" started man's age and 6,000 years later she is ending it through her same intellectualizing! No? Watch! Ladies your "hero" Obama actually is referred to as the Anti-Christ(Marxism by definition) in chapter 11, Revelation! Did you also know that the endtime "Beast" is a caliphate of Islamic nations, or so says your Bible? Did you also know that the UN functions under a Marxist manifesto charter to transend religion? What really blows my mind is realizing that our "CIA" has to be a Marxist organization; otherwise, this can not be happening! No? Watch!
Victor you do know that a woman gave birth to you? Why do you have such a deep dislike for women?
Odd to me that so many homes are maintained just by the efforts of the wife.
"If we don't hang together, we will surely hang separately."
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/3821…
Obama has proved himself to be a Muslim as well as a communist (by any other name) he's also permitted a false document to be presented to the American people in place of his real birth certificate.
What I don't understand is why the Republicans, who can toss him out of office now are failing to do so. Do they feel they need this monumental enemy of America as their opponent come the 2012 elections. Why not speed up the process, get rid of him now, the nation (those of us who are true Americans) will forever thank them and we can elect our real president much faster thus undoing as much of the damage Obama and crew have done and preventing any new harm.
In spite of about 45 fundraisers, an endless stream of vacations and sports weekends he still is harmful to America.
THIS FRAUD REFUSES TO PROVE HE QUALIFIES TO OCCUPY THE SEAT HE HOLDS!! Barry Soeroto is using a stolen SS ID that originates from CT. He has never lived in CT and continues to hide every aspect of any history he may have. Either PROVE he is qualified to Occupy our office in the WHITE HOUSE or be Arrested as the USURPER AND FRAUD HE IS.
IF BARRY CANNOT PROVE HIS QUALIFICATIONS ARE ADEQUATE TO SERVE, HE SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED AND JAILED!! IMPEACHMENT IS ONLY AN OPTION FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT. IF HE DOES NOT QUALIFY HE IS NOT A SITTING PRESIDENT!!
He is not a fraud. The social security number was a data entry error.
Several people have multiple social security numbers
Several experts have already confirmed that the Certificate of Live Birth is not forged.
THREE Republican officials confirmed it was in the paper.
It would've cost $20,000 dollars to fly to Kenya just to have a baby,
a physical impossibility at the time.
Plus it has all been confirmed on factcheck.org where they have the official
Certificate of Live Birth which shows clearly that all the data matches.
Ellen / James McPherson,
I will be brief with my comment pertaining to your post for i find you without any credibility due to your continued spin & lies.
1.Gary of Colo. has already provided you with undeniable proof on the Social Security Card of
Obama but you persist to spin & lie instead of providing actual proof.
2.I have already embarrassed you in my extensive prior post which proved that not one
expert had verified Obama's birth certificate as being authentic. Where as i provided
numerous experts with excellent credentials who confirmed that Obama's birth certificate
was in fact a forgery / fake. let me add that i actually could have provided many more
experts who confirmed it as a fake but chose not to because i thought it would be over kill.
Lol! Factcheck.org.? Seriously factcheck.org? Why not just ask George Soros since he financed factcheck.org.by his donations to The Anneberg Foundation which financed Obama's & Bill Ayer's projects in Chicago to improve local schools with a $50 million dollar grant.As they say! You have to follow the money.
ellen / James you simply have no credibility on these two issues!
The Republicans don't do anything about Barry .. because they are complicit in his crimes and covering for him. They were involved in attempts to eliminate the "natural-born-citizen" clause from the Constitution, but were unsuccessful. So, they are as guilty as he in any crimes of treason and sedition, they know it, and they'll NEVER allow the usurper to be investigated. The SCOTUS is also covering for him. As a candidate, Obama met with the SCOTUS justices (illegal), with the exception of Sam Alito, who was absent from the meeting. Our Congress, both Parties, are DIRTY. Every one of them should be removed. Too bad our elections are no longer legitimate; we can't even vote them out.
He is not a fraud. The social security number was a data entry error.
Several people have multiple social security numbers
Several experts have already confirmed that the Certificate of Live Birth is not forged.
THREE Republican officials confirmed it was in the paper.
It would've cost $20,000 dollars to fly to Kenya just to have a baby,
a physical impossibility at the time.
Plus it has all been confirmed on factcheck.org where they have the official
Certificate of Live Birth which shows clearly that all the data matches.
Ellen, it did not cost Barack Hussein Obama Sr. $20,000 to come to the United States on scholarship. That is an outrageeous charge for the year 1961. I was an adult in that year, and I know the cost of living and relative costs of the time.
Obviously, you are not a computer graphics expert and knowledgeable of the Adobe and phot software programs. You are just plain wrong and speak from ignorance.
She's a troll!
NOTHING BUT SPIN & LIES BY ELLEN / JAMES MCPHERSON
NO CREDIBILITY ON EITHER ISSUE HERE! NO FACTS!
Obama being a closet Muslim is in fear that he might insult the Koran & it's teachings. So it is understandable why he is so uncomfortable with Christianity. After all people voted for his change!
SICK
1oldcoyote2 i agree! You are sick!
You spend too much time admiring yourself. Oh, I'm sorry. If you didn't, no one else would!
1oldcoyote2 do you have anything serious to comment on or are you just simple minded like your gay friend James McPherson?
Are you talking to yourself AGAIN or is it an echo from last time?
1oldcoyote2 most likely it is just a echo in your head since it is hallow!
CORRECTION: HOLLOW
All Atheists ACLU And Our Imposter Muslim Pres Obamacare Gets His Orders From George Soros Criminalizing Christianity ACLU Blood Thirsty Radical Islamists Who Want A World Wide Caliphate Under Control Of The Quran, Yikeess, God Bless America And Sarah Palin And Susan Daniels.
Obama doesn't recognize "our Creator," because he is the spawn of Satan.
some people will never open their eyes about Obama. He is the chosen one to them and nothing we say will change their minds. We just have to hope there are enough of us out here who see him for what he is so we can get his butt out of the white house the next election. Please God, let people see him for what a mistake this was to put this horrible man in the white house, he is ruining america and we need him out.
I have a better idea–cut obummer out of the government.
Indeed!
Good ridance barry