Why Libertarianism Is A Violation Of Our Human Rights

This is my response to commentary by Liza Fabrizio titled “Encroachment of the nanny state.” The article is good though I criticize the libertarian the author embraces. Check it out. The cite from her article I am responding to is as follows.

Here in a state where business owners and consumers are deemed too stupid to make their own decisions about smoking, while others are thought too slothful to develop their private property into proper tax-revenue generating real estate, parents are now on notice that they do not have the right to decide how to conduct child-rearing in their own homes.

It has been said by different people that laws are made for the lawbreakers not those who by their very nature do not break the law. So there are business owners and consumers too foolish to make wise decisions and the rest of us pay for their foolishness. there are property owners who misuse their property and the rest of us pay for that. There are parents to uncaring to teach good character to their children and the rest of us pay for that. And yes the government does have a right and an obligation to protect all it’s people even from themselves. The question becomes is the government protecting it’s people or is it using it’s people.

The government exist to serve the people and not the other way around. Nature and Nature’s God endow us with certain rights. One of those right is that we get to posses the work of our hand’s. The government is to protect that right. Seizing you land or possessions in order to make money for the government is simple tyranny as it violates the natural right of the people and does not protect them. Parent’s have absolute authority over their children’s welfare except that they are nor allowed to harm their own children. They are given this authority because they expected to keep their children safe. Because their job is to protect parental rights they have make sure that their legislation is actually more beneficial to the children than it is damaging to parental rights.

Our government is a group composed of “We The People”. It is not a third artificial person. It is us and it’s sins are our sins. It’s actions are our actions. If the government ignores us it is because we allow the government to ignore us. A Christian is commanded to love others as they love themselves. That command was certainly not a command to be self destructive. If we are to overcome self destructive behavior in ourselves then why should we tolerate it in others. The opposite side of the coin is that most people do not know Christ and so are slaves to sin. The best the law can do is to make them Pharisees. The benefit is that is protects the rights of others. The problem is their soul is more important. There is where the government can not go. If the government embraces any particular doctrine then it will most likely be a heresy and it will oppress other heresies as well as the true doctrine. Churches need to preach the gospel without interference from the government. The government interferes even though it claims otherwise. I mean is saying Jesus really oppressive. What about a teacher that talk about her Wicca beliefs with her students? I do not believe either are that harmful as this is real life and both we and our children will be exposed to ideals that are evil as well as good. I believe Jesus said it best when he said be as innocent as a dove but as wise as a serpent.

We the People of the United States allow the government to be oppressive and sometimes we help it.