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Originally Posted by onelifecrisis
If you want to define a right as some sort of personal belief, then why do you even need the constitution? If you decide for yourself whether you can bear arms, speak your mind, and so on, then what do you care whether it is written down in a book or not? What difference does it make? Why even take part in the debate?
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I'm not Sailor Steve when it comes to the Constitution, but the way I see it, it's an assertation of these rights, and a consent of the people to be governed according to the system described in the document, so long as that government does not infringe upon our
inalienable (or God-given, born-with, every person has them) rights.
It's a contract with ourselves for our form of government. We consent to be governed, in exchange for keeping our inalienable rights.