The second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence begins:
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
We cannot pursue happiness if we are not free to do so. We cannot be free if we do not have liberty. We cannot have liberty if we are not alive. Everything depends on our right to life. That right as well as others are ours given by our Creator at our birth. To deny birth is to deny our right to Life. The first and foremost of our rights. As stated in the Declaration of Independence governments are instituted to secure our Rights and is therefore right and just to protect the Right to Life.
The living in exercising their right to liberty cannot use this freedom to deny the right of life to the unborn. Freedom and therefore liberty comes with responsibilities.
Our founding fathers knew that a republic was founded on a moral populace. They also knew that if we lost our moral way the republic would fall. Our insistence on denying this right to life to the unborn has broken our moral compass. We have lost our way and the country is on the precipice. One step and we are lost forever.
The solution? Stop acting as spoiled children who have received a great treasure with no effort on our part. The founding fathers pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to achieve the liberty we take for granted. Many of those did indeed sacrifice family, fortune and even their very lives for the liberty we enjoy today. We have lost sight of the idea of America and have replaced it with the instant gratification of the bread and circuses of our modern world. All of which cheapens life, which brings us back to the beginning. Life is the beginning of freedom. Nothing else can be achieved without it. “We the People” Choose Life.
