Try it with comprehension this time.
"Problem is that reality, not to mention the dictionary, disagree with you"
That would depend upon the dictionary. There is also something called "context".
"I'm a Christian who thinks abortion is nothing short of murder living in a country where it is a legal right. "
And I'm very happy for you.
"You think I don't see a huge gulf between what is a legal right and what is morally right?"
No. What is in evidence is that YOU do not understand that I understand that.
What is further in evidence is that you do NOT understand that I don't see any reason that moral and legal should not match.
Why don't you try working on that?
"It doesn't matter *where* those rights derive from, they are only useable if you have the power to do so."
In other words:
Might makes right.
"You don't really "have" them, all you do is "want" them, you yearn for them, but do not possess them"
No, I possess those rights. All that can be done by the government is to punish me for expressing them.
We seem to be hung up on this point.
I've already stated my position:
"legal" != "right"
You seem to be arguing that:
"legal" == "right"
Whether legal, moral or whatever "right".
I don't agree.
And I've stated that over and over again.
Rights are inherent in the individual.
In the individual.
Not granted by the government.
All the government can do is faciliate or punish the expression of those rights.
"If you want to have those rights, you have to be willing to fight for them, within the legal system, or without, but you don't just have them in any meaningful way until you can use them"
Hmmmm, and painting cameras that are set to photograph me would be or would not be fighting for those rights?
