Kevin Hasson

Kevin J. "Seamus" Hasson is Founder and President Emeritus of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a non-profit, public interest law firm that represents persons of all faiths. Quotes A government that imagines that it is the sole source of whatever rights it desires to bestow is far different from a government that knows its people have rights that it may not justly transgress. The first is an arrogant government, the second a humbler one. The Government Cannot Take away Our Rights (April 5, 2016) When government acknowledges that it is “under God,” it acknowledges that it is not the source of our rights and therefore cannot deny them to us. Our rights come from a source higher than and prior to the government—from the Creator himself. A government that declares this is humbler and safer than one that imagines itself to be the source of all our freedoms. Why We Shouldn’t Remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance (March 18, 2016) External links Category:Lawyers from the United States Category:Living people Category:Catholics from the United States