Why Religious Freedom Is Special
A report from the Commission on Unalienable Human Rights at the State Department has sparked considerable controversy. Critics objected that the report said the Founders considered religious freedom one of the foremost rights. But the Founders did believe that. They also wrote that God, not the government, is the source of our rights. The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights.”