Tim Kaine and Ted Cruz spat sparks debate on God-given rights
Senator Ted Cruz condemned Senator Tim Kaine's claim that rights derive from government, emphasizing the founding principle that natural rights are God-given and unalienable.
- On Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, rebuked Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, for calling the idea that rights come from God 'very, very troubling' and said it is 'stunning' that God-given rights are now viewed as radical.
- During a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday, Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, said rights 'come from the Creator,' which 'the Iranian government believes,' and called this view 'extremely troubling.'
- Referencing founders, Cruz invoked Jefferson's phrasing that people "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," while Barnes quoted Marco Rubio asserting rights come from God.
- The Virginia Republican Party and conservative commentators such as Matt Walsh responded, saying Kaine's remarks should 'terrify' Virginians and questioned his fitness to serve.
- Historians note the Declaration's grounding in Locke's natural rights theory, while critics warn that government‑granted rights become politically contingent and subject to change by majorities.
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Trump versus Kaine on God-given rights
(RNS) — Speaking before his newly established Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible this week, President Donald Trump went after Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine for having “stated that the notion our rights come from our creator is, quote, ‘extremely troubling'” because it is “advocated really by a totalitarian regime.” “But as everyone in this room understands,” Trump went on, “it is tyrants who are denying our rights and the rights t…
The Mark of Kaine: How a Senator’s Remarks Borders on Constitutional Blasphemy
Below is my column in The Hill on the controversial remarks of Sen. Tim Kaine (D. Va.) denouncing a nominee who believed in natural law and the concept of God-given rights. By the end of the hearing, Kaine effectively lumped Alexander Hamilton with Ayatollah Khomeini in his statement at the committee hearing. Here is the column: Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) this week warned the American people that a Trump nominee for a State Department position was a…
BISHOP ROBERT BARRON: The dangers behind Sen Kaine’s rejection of God-given rights as a founding principle
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! During a recent confirmation hearing for the U.S. Senate, Tim Kaine, a Democratic senator from Virginia, actively contested the view that our rights come from God. “The statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our government is extremely troubling,” Kaine said, comparing the notion that rights “come from the creator” to the theocratic government of Iran. Kaine’s comments, which are of co…
God-Given Rights: The Profoundly Ignorant Tim Kaine
Sometimes you read something so outrageously, disturbingly, and profoundly ignorant, especially given the source, that you’re simply left speechless. I had such a moment when reading a breathtaking statement by Tim Kaine, an elected senator of the United States of America. This ignorance makes it easier for progressives to try to do what they want to do. They supplant the crucial missing knowledge with their leftist ideology and theories. “The n…
If Tim Kaine’s right, America’s founders were wrong
Riley Barnes appeared this week before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for his nomination as assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. Normally, such a hearing would barely make the news. But then Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) spoke up.You might remember the junior U.S. senator from Virginia as Hillary Clinton’s failed running mate in 2016. On Wednesday, he revealed he wouldn’t make a very good U.S. hi…
Bishop Barron Rebukes Senator Kaine’s ‘Outrageous’ and ‘Dangerous’ Comments About Rights Coming From Government, Not God › American Greatness
A Catholic Bishop has issued a sharp rebuke to fellow Catholic Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) after the senator opined that he found the idea of rights coming from our…
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