No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.Even though Thomas Jefferson didn't practice what he preached in his own life as a slaveholder, he was right on target as usual concerning this subject.
The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution contains many basic human rights we hold dear as American citizens. But nowhere in it does it say or even imply that the majority has the right to take away the civil rights of a minority group it despises.
But then again most of the peeps with that attitude never read the Constitution.
I fail to understand why some people arrogantly think that they should have a say in who does or doesn't get civil rights coverage, much less think they should vote on it.
Methinks they would have a very different opinion about the subject if it were their civil rights on the electoral chopping block.
One of the things I am really sick of is the use of referenda by conservatives to take away the civil rights of people they hate on. It's also more odious when they do so to drive their turnout to the polls in national election cycles. This practice causes resentments to build up in the minority group targeted by that nefarious action, is counterproductive to building a unified and strong nation and should be banned.
No, you don't have the right to deny me my rights. Mine nor anyone's civil rights should be decided by the tyranny of the majority.
