[fortheDeclaration]

I am proud of my Southern heritage because they fought for the right of state government

They fought for the right of the state government to keep people slaves.

Unlike the American revolution, the South did not list any grievances except they did not like they idea that slavery was going to be limited by the incoming Republican Party.

What the South should take pride is in the contributions they have made to American freedom since the Civil War.

[okiecon]

"Unlike the American revolution, the South did not list any grievances except they did not like they idea that slavery was going to be limited by the incoming Republican Party."

Wrong. Think about that statement. There were a lot of grievances, that one is the one people remember (and rightly so). Read a book.