"Where do Rights come from?" Pt.1

Got a flyer with my paystub last year just before the election that basically said: "We (my employer) support your voting privilege. As the polls are open early and late, we expect you to exercise this privilege on your own time, before or after work". My supervisor and I looked at each other for a second and then I said: "Privilege? Voting is a RIGHT!" The Government does not allow the people to vote...the Government exists because of the people, who allow those whom they vote for to rule over them...the consent of the governed, the responsibility of the governors.
Follow this back to Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

So then, Rights come from God, not man, so they can't be granted or taken, only recognized (by cultures, nations, civilizations, individuals, whatever the case may be) or forfeited (by the individual based on their actions).

Now, here's the tricky part: Rights come from God, but WHO'S God?

More on that next time...

Pastor Mike