Ted Cruz torches Tim Kaine for describing God-given rights as 'very, very troubling'

Oompa Loompa · 2025-09-05T22:03:21-0500

RileyG said:
Reference to animal farm by George Orwell

Okay. I still dont see her point.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:03:53-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
Okay. I still dont see her point.

I don’t know? All religious traditions are equal? Again, not sure.

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-05T22:03:57-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
What does animal right have to do with anything?

Yikes.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:04:42-0500

Tropical Wilds said:
Yikes.

Perhaps he never read the book?

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-05T22:06:09-0500

RileyG said:
It’s not.

It is. Rights are granted to all in the US regardless of religion, so one religion telling another religion it’s wrong doesn’t matter in the context of the rights bestowed upon us.

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-05T22:06:27-0500

RileyG said:
Perhaps he never read the book?

Again, yikes.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:07:23-0500

Tropical Wilds said:
It is. Rights are granted to all in the US regardless of religion, so one religion telling another religion it’s wrong doesn’t matter in the context of the rights bestowed upon us.

Ok. I just agree with the statement PERSONALLY that some religions are superior to others BUT everyone has the right to practice what religion they want or none at all.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:08:06-0500

Tropical Wilds said:
Again, yikes.

I think it’s required in most high schools, but not all? Sorry to go off topic.

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-05T22:08:53-0500

RileyG said:
Ok. I just agree with the statement PERSONALLY that some religions are superior to others BUT everyone has the right to practice what religion they want or none at all.

Super.

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-05T22:09:35-0500

RileyG said:
I think it’s required in most high schools, but not all? Sorry to go off topic.

It was in mine, but I read it before and after high school. It’s a classic.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:11:39-0500

Tropical Wilds said:
It was in mine, but I read it before and after high school. It’s a classic.

Yes. One of my favorites.

Tropical Wilds said:
Super.

Cool

Oompa Loompa · 2025-09-05T22:19:25-0500

RileyG said:
Perhaps he never read the book?

Nope. Never read the book, but I know about it.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-09-05T22:20:35-0500

Tropical Wilds said:
It is. Rights are granted to all in the US regardless of religion, so one religion telling another religion it’s wrong doesn’t matter in the context of the rights bestowed upon us.

Do you believe in inalienable human rights? If so, where do they come from?

Yarddog · 2025-09-05T22:21:51-0500

Michie said:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ripped his colleague Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on Wednesday for describing the idea that human rights come from God and not the government as "very, very troubling."

"I have to say, it is stunning to me that the principle that God has given us natural rights is now deemed by Democrats some radical and dangerous notion," Cruz said during a nominations hearing of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Kaine, who unsuccessfully ran as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's vice presidential candidate in 2016, had earlier described himself as "a devout person" before likening the concept of God-given rights to the Iranian regime.

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Ted Cruz torches Tim Kaine for describing God-given rights as 'very, very troubling'

Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ripped his colleague Sen Tim Kaine, D-Va , on Wednesday for describing the idea that rights come from God and not the government as very, very troubling

www.christianpost.com

I would agree with Sen. Kaine.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-09-05T22:22:24-0500

RileyG said:
Ok. I just agree with the statement PERSONALLY that some religions are superior to others BUT everyone has the right to practice what religion they want or none at all.

Not necessarily. If someone worships Moloch, they will not have the right to practice their religion by sacrificing infants on a burning altar.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:26:04-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
Nope. Never read the book, but I know about it.

It’s really good. So is 1984.

RileyG · 2025-09-05T22:27:03-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
Not necessarily. If someone worships Moloch, they will not have the right to practice their religion by sacrificing infants on a burning altar.

You’re right. Same with how the Aztecs or Mayans practiced human sacrifice on a daily basis in order to keep the sun rising.

Oompa Loompa · 2025-09-06T00:25:01-0500

RileyG said:
It’s really good. So is 1984.

I have read 1984 and it was great.

Tropical Wilds · 2025-09-06T05:54:04-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
Do you believe in inalienable human rights? If so, where do they come from?

In the context they were discussing, the law and government.

RileyG · 2025-09-06T14:56:47-0500

Oompa Loompa said:
I have read 1984 and it was great.

Indeed!

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