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Originally posted by shakran
That being said, it's also important to remember that just because the constitution fails to guarantee a right does not mean that right does not exist. We have the right to surf the internet, eat red meat, and leave the toilet seat up, but there's no mention of those rights in the constitution.
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I want to point out that because the constitution doesn't guarantee these rights means that they aren't rights, they're privileges. Say, for instance, if a radical vegetarian administration was voted into office (and they had enough support from the people) they could outlaw eating red meat and there's nothing the constitution would do to protect your "right." On the other hand if a law was passed to outlaw christianity then the constitution would have something to say about that, it's a right and protected by the constituion.