No, rights establish laws. Rights are immutable and unalienable. They transcend law.
We also have laws not tied directly to rights, but reflecting our moral and civic compulsions. H. -----Original Message----- From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 9:02 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Religious Freedom Well, If we have laws that are to guarantee the availability to education, then is it not a right? The bill of rights is just a collections of laws. Laws establish rights. At 09:02 AM 1/28/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Just to be precise -- you don't have a right to a good education. No where >is that guaranteed in the constitution and no philosophy or Natural Rights >has ever postulated that. In this country, we feel a moral obligation to do >our best to ensure that all children have an opportunity to receive a >quality, free public education. We have laws that mandate free education for >all children. But it is not a right. > >Not that the teacher isn't interfering with the law that says the student >has a legal claim on a quality, free education, just that it is not a right. ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
