Quote: By making these statements you are affirming that you have no rights unless they are specifically permitted by the government, exactly what they want you to think. Our society is built on the opposite principle, that you have EVERY right unless specifically forbidden by the government acting under the constraint of the people to protect the individual. The idea that the government can permit or forbid any person from exercising inherent rights, including who to marry or to participate in our democratic institutions without cause, simply because other people think you shouldn't, is the firmest endorsement for minimal and weakened oversight. I can't believe either of you would agree to such a thing.

I think your confused I'll start with marriage, there's no right to marry. It's a religious practice at core and has nothing to do with the state. The unconstitutional temporary income tax is the only reason the state even plays into the equation. Being free to do something doesn't make it a constitutionally protected right.


As for voting the Constitution does not establish a right to vote, there are federal protections as to why you can't participate in elections but there's no right to vote.


A right as in the manor me and jib are speaking is an action that is protected specifically in the construction, the right to assemble peacefully and demonstrate the right to bear arms the freedom of press and so on....

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