Three kinds of bills of rights exist for particular
groups of people. An entrenched bill of rights is adopted separately
from a country’s constitution and is not necessarily recognized by the
country’s government. An unentrenched bill of rights is recognized by
the government but may be weakened by subsequent acts passed by the
legislature. A statutory unentrenched bill of rights, which is passed
by a legislative body separate from the constitution, can be changed by
the authority of that same legislative body.
The third kind is a constitutional bill of rights, which we have here
in America. These rights cannot be changed except by a popular vote of
the people. Not every jurisdiction enforces the protections of the
rights stated in their bill of rights, but in America our rights are
enforced by law if necessary.
Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of
Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
inalienable rights …” This was changed to unalienable by John Adams at
the time of printing the Declaration.
So, these rights are not rights granted by human wisdom or the law of
the land, but these are natural rights granted by God himself. Our
founding fathers realized this and wrote the rights into our founding
documents. These rights became the first ten amendments to our
constitution.
These are the rights for which we fight our wars. These are not rights
given to us simply by government but by God. Those attempting to take
away these rights are bent on our destruction, and wars against them are
in self defense. Any deaths in these wars that come in self defense
cannot be called murder.
It would be inhumane for a government to grant, by God’s mercy, these
rights and then refuse to defend its citizens against those who would
take them away. Thank God for the wisdom of our forefathers. God bless
America!
-Pastor Ronnie Wolfe
