White House Faith Director Jenny Korn told Newsmax Tuesday that Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., was “mistaken” when he said that human rights don’t come from God but are instead derived from government and the law.
At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee nominations hearing, Kaine said that the idea that rights do not stem from laws or governments “is extremely troubling,” putting it on par with the repressive regime that currently holds power in Iran.
“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government but come from the Creator — that’s what the Iranian government believes,” the senator said. “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities. They do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”
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