Sometimes we as humans, and specifically as Americans, do something so base, so wrong, so inherently productive of evil, that it defies comprehension.
How the hell could the Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, find support in the Constitution, for slavery? I know, I know, there was the Article IV, Section 2[3]. A deal with the devil is a deal with the devil. "Strange fruit" is more than a label, it is a scourge, a scar on the face of our past.
I'm becoming a fan of at least some part of the concept of natural law, perhaps because my understanding of it has changed during the past year or so.
I do have, you do have, certain inalienable rights. Not just as Americans, but as a human being. I declare independence, freedom from enslavement, from denial of the right of suffrage, of the right to choose how I live, if I worship a god, if and whom I marry, the right to pursue an education, a livelihood and a home of my choosing. I am determined that I have a right to be free in my person. My right to due process requires notice and a right to be heard before deprivation of my life, liberty or property. I am entitled to the equal protection of the laws, regardless of my gender, race, marital status or any other artificial or physical trait.
The source of these rights is in my humanity, in the natural order of things.
No comments:
Post a Comment