I am irritated by something I have heard over the last couple days.
The pols and newsies keep talking about the anniversary of "giving women the right to vote" in the USA.
Women always had the right to vote.
Their right to vote was finally recognized.
We must avoid, in discussing human rights and government, falling into the trap of thinking that the state grants rights.
We have rights because our Creator made us in His image and likeness.
They are written into our being.
We grant the state its rights and obligations.