By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing - Practically speaking, it makes little difference whether we call them “God-given rights” or “natural rights” or “human rights” or “fundamental human rights.” These are four names for the same thing. On that, all of us – left or right or center, liberal or conservative or moderate, Democrat or Republican or independent, Christians or non-Christians or even anti-Christians—can agree. We all acknowledge the existence of such rights.