“There is a vast difference between the way Christians and humanists define ‘civil rights.’ For a Christian rights tend to be negatively defined. For a humanist they are positively stated. For example, a Christian approach can be seen in such common law rights as the right to trial by jury or habeas corpus. A humanist tends to define rights in terms of ‘affordable housing’ or a ‘living wage.’ But notice the sleight of hand. The right of one person to a living wage is a demand placed upon another person to pay it, and the assumed right of an intrusive government to enforce it. This means that a right to a free education for all translates to the demand that everyone be forced to pay through the nose for that free education. When Christians insist that habeas corpus should be honored in our civil law, they do not impose on anyone other than potential oppressors” (The Case for Classical Christian Education, p. 75).
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