Posted on 06/13/2013 6:06:19 PM PDT by VitacoreVision
Sen. Rand Paul told a forum in Washington yesterday that he believes there will be a time when everyone is judged on whether they defended human life.
Though I believe in limited powers for the federal government, I believe, as our founders did, that primary among these powers and duties is the protection of life that government cannot protect liberty if it does not first protect life.
We must embrace the values of life, liberty and prosperity that will lead this country back to greatness. And we should do so proudly as Christians.
Im a Christian, a husband and a father. Im faithful to my wife and my family. I try to be good at all those things, though, of course, we all fall short of perfection in our lives. I try to adhere to the tenets of Gods word in the New Testament. I take seriously my oath to defend the Constitution. And I try to fight for truth and my values regardless of the political outcome, regardless of how popular or unpopular they may be.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Mans humanity toward man is how we will be judged. For the teacher. For the student. For the immigrant. For the unborn. For the next generation.
We, as Christians, should never lose sight of whats important. We, as Americans, should never lose sight of the things we share in common, and do our best to love thy neighbor, every chance we get.
Thank you and God bless.
Obama and the Republican establishment has driven me from my long standing identification as a conservative republican to my new standing as a classic liberal who would vote for Rand Paul in a heartbeat. Who says you can’t teach old dogs new tricks?
Uh oh. Some of the die-hard libertarians will not be happy.
Pay no attention to what my other, amnesty, hand is doing!
no sh1t, rand, now use your god-given common sense on immigration, jackass.
Your happy with his immigration stance?
Here’s the complete story.
Rand Paul to Illegals: We Will Find a Place for You; Envisions 12 Million New Taxpayers
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rand-paul-illegals-we-will-find-place-you-envisions-12-million-new-taxpayers
The Kicker:
In order to bring conservatives to this cause however, those who work for reform must understand that a real solution must ensure that our borders are secure, said Paul.
No. But I am extremely happy with his freedom and liberty stance. I’m a big Ted Cruz fan but he won’t be running for POTUS in 2016. The entire problem with libertarians have been their open border stance for years which is why I don’t identify as a libertarian. But Rand Paul has modified his open border nuttiness. Enough so I would vote for him as POTUS? At this writing yes but that could change.
I don't like Paul's approach to trying to promote his bill because he is cherry-picking Section 1 of 14A to support his bill. Here's Section 1 of 14A:
14th Amendment, Section 1. All persons born (emphasis added) or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Although Paul's bill does not address citizenship, given that his excerpt from Sec. 1 of 14A omits the citizenship starting at birth part of that section, I question if his bill is nothing more than a publicity stunt to make himself look good to conservatives. In other words, the wording of Sec. 1 gives activist justices a license to ignore a federal law defining life starting at conception imo.
Open borders != everyone can come in and become Citizens.
The (L) platform still notes it is up to gov’t to defend the borders. Yet, when you strip away the carrots (SS/Medicare/welfare), you’ll have MUCH less traffic coming across the border.
Rxactly. This is only a reminder ‘see how good I am’. Now what politician did he support that was for abortion?
If he could get his mind right on immigration I might support him. He certainly has some good things going for him
Perhaps not, but they can get past it. They did with his dad, who has also taken a strongly pro-life position.
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