[Star Traveler]

You asked about an armed revolt... well... when someone quoted the Declaration of Independence, that was the First American Revolution, an armed revolt.

So, their reference to that, in addressing these present issues seemed to me to be a “Second American Revolution” — and such an armed revolt I would not support, no matter what the Supreme Court decision was...

[STARWISE]

What would the Founding Fathers do?

[Political Junkie Too]

You asked about an armed revolt... well... when someone quoted the Declaration of Independence, that was the First American Revolution, an armed revolt. So, their reference to that, in addressing these present issues seemed to me to be a “Second American Revolution” — and such an armed revolt I would not support, no matter what the Supreme Court decision was...

Let's be precise here...

You asked about "no authority in the entire land" and I posted the quote from the Declaration that said that the authority comes from the consent of the governed.

I did not say how that consent was enforced, although the initial founding was via revolution.

There are many ways for consent of the governed to be expressed short of revolution. Now, if I were to have quoted Jefferson's thoughts on how a revolution every twenty years or so was a good thing, that would be different.

-PJ

[El Gato]

when someone quoted the Declaration of Independence, that was the First American Revolution, an armed revolt.

The Armed Revolt had been underway for well over a year (April 19th, 1775 to June-July of 1776 when the declaration was drafted). The Declaration was a statement of cause, and a of principle, not a declaration of revolt.