parusski
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Joined: 5/8/2000 From: Wyoming, Even Liberals Welcome Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: barkorn45 Why would you say secession is not a viable option or even allowed? Just because lincoln used military power to force the seceded states back into the union does'nt mean they did'nt have the right of secession. Find me documented proof that the founders disallowed secession. They had seceded from the british empire after all I'll repeat the answer that Patrick Henry gave to the governor of virginia when asked by him at the ratification of the constitution if his state could leave the union if they found it not to their liking. "Yes but be warned some future president may invade your country and burn your homes" You don't think Texas could exist as an independent country? Also technically the south did'nt rebel against the union,they did'nt try to overthrow the government they peacefully chose to leave it. I know. Don't confuse certain people with the facts. I am actually in the mood to have my house leave the Union and become a House State. I am furious at the level of taxation, assaults on our constitutional rights, the imposing of ideologies on our school children-the list of grievances against our Federal monster government is to long to list here...I meant to say "Lincoln, and the Republicans, did not think secession legal"! I know I have been all over the map on the issue. The reality is I don't want this country to fall apart(and am glad it did not in the 1860's), but I think we are in the process of that happening. When you have huge numbers of sheriffs making public statements saying they will not only NOT enforce federal gun control laws, but will actually defend the citizens of their counties from federal agents, things are looking grim. And yes, sheriffs are, usually, the ultimate law enforcer's in our country. They take an oath to defend the Constitution, a Constitution which says we have the right to bear arms...it does not say "bear arms that the government says you can bear". I am through being civil on this issue.  
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