What does Congress have to do that is more important than the precise reason for which governments are instituted among men? Namely, to secure the God-given unalienable rights, which include life ? but do not include the right to kill your wife. The Terry Schiavo case is Kevorkian v. Jefferson, and the Courts have come down emphatically on the side of Kevorkian.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, and 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...
Posted by larry_naselli
at 11:01 AM CST
Updated: Thursday, March 24, 2005 3:19 PM CST