'Disturbing Contention:' Bishop Robert Barron Responds To Tim Kaine's View On Rights

Posted • September 4, 2025: Virginia Senator Tim Kaine said our rights don't come from God, but from the government. Fellow Senator Ted Cruz absolutely dropped Kaine for this asinine assertion, and now Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron is shaming supposed Catholic Kaine, too. —— Bishop Robert Barron @BishopBarron: “I’d like to respond to a disturbing contention from Senator Tim Kaine, during a recent confirmation hearing.” —— He's right. Rights given by any government are not rights at all but privileges that can be rescinded at will. For a Senator to so fundamentally misunderstood the philosophy of our nation’s founding should—and must—be considered disqualifying from the possibility of reelection. It is incredibly disheartening, and not at all surprising, that there are sitting US Senators (and former Democrat VP candidates) who are so unfamiliar with the foundation of this country that they utterly disregard the most familiar line of the Declaration of Independence. (…)

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