I agree with the Judge: the WAR was fought over Lincoln's despotic desire to maintain the union.
The South SECEDED over states rights.
You like analogies? Try this one that I posted on another thread:
For all the 'slavery was the cause' crowd, consider this hypothetical:
The state of Kansas passes a law granting the right of same sex couples to marry. Homosexuals only make up 3% of the population but 92% of Kansans voted for the law.
An amendment to the US constitution banning same sex marriage is subsequently ratified and becomes the law of the land.
Kansas declares that it is the right of the people of their state to decide who marries who and secedes.
Did the people of Kansas secede because A) states rights, or, B) they are all flaming homosexuals and desire to marry someone of their own sexual orientation?
States pass laws all the time that the fed later contradicts. 99.9% of the time, the state deems the issue of insufficient consequence to drive a break with the federal government. Occasionally an issue arises (once, so far) that the states cannot or will not compromise on. When that happens, they may choose to secede. That was what happened in the civil war. They didnt do it to prove a point, that they could secede. The did it because the issue of slavery was one on which there was no further compromise. So yes, it was fought over the right to secede but why did those Southern states secede? Slavery. You just can’t get past that part.
Or C), pokie the poster is once again demonstrating his preoccupation with deviant sexual practices...