With this:
"The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that 'an unjust law is no law at all.' Now, what is the difference between the two? How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust."--Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963).
There is a great comment that hits the nail on the head:
No, Toure...those natural rights don't come from Government. Government force can only take them away. That's what the Civil Rights struggle was all about. To STOP Government force from denying you those natural rights.
The 1st Amendment doesn't give you the right of free speech. It simply says Govt cannot take it away. It restricts Govt.
Very well said, and spot on.
