Thursday, November 17, 2005

Privacy

It seems as if the American “right to privacy” is getting another challenge as the Senate prepares to look at the nomination of Judge Alito for Supreme Court Justice.

Doesn’t privacy seem like a basic human right and not just an American right?

According to those on the wacky right wing, if it’s not in the Constitution, it isn’t a right. So there! And the Constitution does not address the issue. Why? Probably because the founders of our nation thought it was an inherent human right.

Dan Savage wrote an Op-Ed piece for the NY Times and in it he says, “Well, if the right to privacy is so difficult for some people to locate in the Constitution, why don't we just stick it in there? Wouldn't that make it easier to find?”

If the Republicans can propose a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, why can't the Democrats propose a right to privacy amendment? Making this implicit right explicit would forever end the debate about whether there is a right to privacy. And the debate over the bill would force Republicans who opposed it to explain why they don't think Americans deserve a right to privacy - which would alienate not only moderates, but also those libertarian, small-government conservatives who survive only in isolated pockets on the Eastern Seaboard and the American West.

Good idea! And well said…this would certainly expose the Compassionate Conservative Republicans as the small minded bigots that they really are.

What’s not to like about Privacy?

1 comment:

  1. "Doesn’t privacy seem like a basic human right and not just an American right?"

    No it doesn't, God knows everything we do, everythought we have. We are also called to confess our sins to one another, that doesn't sound like the right to privacy. We all know our rights come from God and not the governemnt.

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