Jesus... 'Paul Ryan: Repeal Health Law Because Rights Come From God' - Rawstory

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. Even in the Declaration we have:

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. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

and then, for the first greivance:

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good

So the Declaration is clear that the rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness (which are not the only rights - 'among these') need to be secured by government, and that government must pass laws for the public good.