Why would I have sworn allegiance to a State that supported slavery & told me to go to war for that cause or leave?
Why should I swear allegiance to our modern day States that violate our Constitution every day in nearly every way?
-- I chose to honor a defend our Constitution, against ALL its foreign & its domestic enemies, federal, state or local.
And believe me, there are far more State & local enemies of the Constitution than Federal.
As you are obviously a veteran, as myself, I will not respond further....I will simply say I choose to disagree.