The Zion Chronicle

Tag: rights

  • Systemic Problems

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    The tactic of not disclosing accusations traps decent people but has no adverse effect on malicious rule breakers.

  • Saying “No” to the TSA

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    Laura and I have been talking about what we can do in response to the horrendous new TSA procedures. Inspired by Connor and Jesse I took a first step by sending this letter: To: ata@airlines.org To Whom It May Concern, I have been appalled at the new security procedures being implemented by the TSA. I…

  • What Do You Expect?

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    What started as a post about Equality Before the Law grew into a discussion about the role of government in helping our fellow men. That eventually spun of into a discussion about how we can or should mix religion and politics at The Life I am Choosing. Later I ran across Connor’s post about the…

  • Rights and Liberty

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    This is 8 minutes well spent if you have any question about what constitutes a right and why rights are more than simply good things that deserve legal protection or assistance. (Hat tip: The Anti-PC Infidel)

  • Justice In Texas

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    The Texas Supreme Court has just shown what justice looks like: The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that the removal of FLDS children from the YFZ Ranch was unwarranted — and the decision to take them was an abuse of judicial discretion. . . . In its ruling, the high court said that state law…

  • A Reasonable Proposition

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    I think Tim Lynch has outlined a good idea for moving forward from the FLDS Texas Nightmare.

  • Defining “Rights”

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    I liked this very succinct argument about why health care is not a right. With one exception, the right to representation in court and a trial by jury, {the rights safeguarded in our Constitution} require nothing of any other citizen but that they recognize your rights and not interfere with them. Your “right to health…

  • Unalienable Rights

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    On the issues of gay rights, abortion rights, or womens rights I think that Ron Paul captures the truth with his repeated assertion that there is only one kind of rights – individual rights. These are the rights that were called unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence. When individual rights are properly protected many…