11-29-2024
NO TO SPECIAL RIGHTS
The rights of American citizens under the constitution include all US citizens. History shows that it wasn’t always that way in our country.
Women who came to America or were born here did not receive recognition or the same rights as men and were forbidden from voting in elections, although they could run for office.
Indian peoples of many tribes were not seen or afforded any rights by the US government for a great many years. They were hunted down, first by other tribes and then by the US army, removed from their tribal lands or killed outright long before they were given their rightful status as American citizens.
Slaves who were brought to this continent or born into slavery were considered property to be dealt with by their owners as they saw fit. After the Civil War slaves were freed and granted the rights of
Citizenship, but not accepted as equals until well after World War II.
Although the Preamble to the Constitution declares that all men are created equal by their creator, it took a number of years and a great deal of men and women fighting to make it so.
The Bill of Rights declares certain rights to all citizens yet there is on division based on sexual, racial, ethnic, skin color or national origin or political party affiliation. That being said we must recognize that there are no “special rights” afforded non-citizens or anyone else regardless of how you want to divide us.
American citizens have the same rights, not special rights, as every other American citizen. Those rights although not “earned” are afforded by birth or naturalization to each American citizen, can be given freely or taken by force. Once a right has been taken away, it will never be returned.
Lest we forget our government is By the people, For the people and To the people. Men and women have died at home and on the battlefield to protect each of those rights enshrined in the constitution and it is now up to you and I to stand up and be counted to defend our freedom to exercise those rights.
The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence – from the womb to the tomb! – RTM
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