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Senator Tim Kaine – from the Commonwealth of Virginia – raised concerns across the nation when he stated that he found a foundational principle in the Declaration of Independence extremely troubling. The former Democrat Party vice presidential nominee seems to believe that our rights come from politicians and not Almighty God.
“The statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our government is extremely troubling,” Kaine said, comparing the idea that rights “come from the Creator” to the Islamic government of Iran.
“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” he said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”
Understand, though, what Senator Kaine is saying – he’s comparing our Founding Documents to Islamic law – sharia. Our nation was created on a foundation of Judeo-Christian precepts and teachings – not Islam.
President Trump called out Kaine during remarks he delivered at the Museum of the Bible. He said he found the senator’s remarks to be very troubling.
“It is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights that come from God and it’s this Declaration of Independence that proclaims we’re endowed by our Creator with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” Trump said. “The senator from Virginia should be ashamed of himself.”
“As president, I will always defend our nation’s glorious heritage, and we will protect the Judeo-Christian principles of our founding, and we will protect them with vigor,” Trump added.
Dr. Ben Carson, writing on X, said it is “deeply troubling to hear Senator Kaine dismiss the truth that our rights come from our Creator. This is anti-American. When lawmakers believe they grant rights they believe they can take them away. That’s exactly the problem with some Democrats these days. I encourage the Senator to read our Declaration of Independence which clearly states that our rights are endowed by God, not granted by government.”
And Senator Kaine is not a far-left radical – like Jasmine Crockett or Ilhan Omar or Rashida Tlaib. He’s a mainstream Democrat – from Virginia of all places. Therefore, we have no other choice but to believe that Democrats are comfortable rejecting the Christian teachings that flavor our Founding Documents.
I was at the DNC meeting in Charlotte in 2012 when delegates literally booed and heckled God. They tried to remove him from the party platform. So, maybe the senator’s remarks should not be all that surprising after all.
Speaker Mike Johnson, writing on X, said the senator’s remarks were unbelievable.
“On the eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration, a sitting U.S. senator insists we should no longer hold the most basic self-evident truth,” the Speaker wrote. “If our rights are given by government and not by God, then the government can simply take them away. We know that Democrats would love that, but you are not supposed to say it out loud.”
I wrote a book called, “Twilight’s Last Gleaming: Can America Be Saved?” My belief is that our Founding Fathers meant for the United States to be a Christian nation. And without God at the center of what we do — our nation will falter.
John Adams – our second president – said that our Constitution is wholly inadequate for anyone other than a moral and religious people.
Teddy Roosevelt said the teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.
Harry Truman – a Democrat – said “this is a Christian nation.” and Woodrow Wilson said America was born a Christian nation.
So, why are the Democrats so eager to evict Christianity from the public marketplace? I contend that Democrats believe they are created in their own image – not their Creator’s. They literally called Barack Hussein Obama – Chicago Jesus.
Adams was right – when you take God out of the public square – you get chaos in the culture. Which is exactly what happened during the four years of the Biden Administration. Right is wrong, wrong is right. Our culture has gone slap crazy.
Your rights are God-given – not government-given. And no politician can take away that which God has given. This is especially true in the United States of America – the most exceptional nation on the face of the Earth.
It was a revolutionary concept 250 years ago and it’s still a revolutionary concept today. The United States of America – one nation – under God.
Syndicated with permission from ToddStarnes.com – founded by best-selling author and journalist Todd Starnes. Starnes is the recipient of an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award and the Associated Press Mark Twain Award for Storytelling.
