[SoCal Pubbie]

“And if it’s a God-given inalienable right, like life or liberty, why isn’t it given to 3-year-olds ...”

God gives men balls too, but they don’t drop for twelve years or so.

[Dead Corpse]

It's a dodge... children have those Rights at birth. They cannot fully advocate for those rights until they are in possession of their fully developed faculties. Until such an "age of adulthood", the parents protects that child's Rights.

It's pretty much how we came up with the whole concept of "age of majority". It only pertains to legal protection and has nothing to do with the argument. It's a red herring.