Human Rights

I'm tired of hearing people advocate for "Gay rights" or "Women's rights." I've really had enough of it.
But... What are rights, and where do they come from? Do people even know what they're fighting for?
Google says rights are, "A moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way." Basically they are what a person is allowed to do. The freedoms which people have. 
So where do people go to get these rights? 
Well, the problem is that they go to the government. Everybody assumes that their rights come from the government these days. They fight for the right to be legally married as a gay couple, they fight for the right to smoke marijuana freely, they fight for the right to own guns. 
But they've been deceived. 
A person does not have to go to the government to obtain the right to be gay, or smoke weed, or own a gun. The only real power the government has is the power the people give it. If everybody in the United States stopped supporting the government today, there would be nothing the government could do. It would be helpless. By tomorrow it probably wouldn't even exist. So if a person was truly advocating for gun rights or gay rights, they wouldn't be trying to pass anti-discrimination laws or pro gun laws. They would be looking to restore the freedoms which they have given away, and to return the power to the people which has been stolen by the government. So is it not hypocritical when a person stands up and advocates to restore the rights of the people by implementing a new restriction...? Maybe I'm crazy, but that seems hypocritical to me.
No... Rights don't come from the government. They come from God. And God has given you the right to do anything you please. But seeing as God is the giver if rights, he is also the giver - and taker - of privileges. 
God gave us the right to commit adultery - but has told us that adultery will take our privilege of joy and peace of mind away. It may even lose our souls.
God gave us the right to kill - but killing others kills one's spirit, and quenches one's joy.
God gave us the right to do all wicked things. But each one comes with a price, in this life or the next.
So next time you hear a person advocating to the government for human rights, remember where rights come from. Remember that they are not from the government, but from God - and God has entrusted us to respect our rights, or lose them in the next life.