I really don’t like the term “civil rights” due to its root word Civil. Which according to the dictionary means:
” of or relating to the state or its citizenry “
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil
From my way of looking at this definition it would seem to be calming that we have rights due to our state and/or Citizenship which is totally not true.
Our rights come from our creator not our State. Just as they are not depended upon our State for their existence.
Instead Our States were created by us to help us defend theses rights from the usurpations of others.
From this republican(System not the political party) perspective there is really no such thing as “Civil Rights” or “Constitutional rights”, only Human rights.
And I mean the real human rights which root from the basic printable of being left alone. Not not any non-mutually contracted services that must be provided by the parties involved.
The correct term is "inherent rights".
America’s Declaration of Independence tells us the source of our rights with these words… that men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
Many Americans are familiar with those words but many other Americans are not as familiar with the words that follow.
That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
This explains several important aspects of America’s governance.
It explains that the only reason for a Constitution is to protect inherent rights.
It explains why the Bill of Rights did not grant rights but instead protected inherent rights from government interference.
It also explains why the Constitution only granted government specific enumerated powers of legislation.
Only a socialist government could lobby for a moral wrong to become a civil right.