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To: Restorer
I am all for secession as a political alternative to war. War is the enemy of civil society as us Christians were raised to believe. I certainly don't care to have a state in the union that finds the practice of abortion worthy of secession, which is the same way I suspect I would have felt about states seceding over slavery. Fine let them, I don't want them to be part of my union if they insist on maintaining such an institution.

Let me ask the reverse, if a state wanted to secede from the Union simply because they did not want to guarantee a First Trimester abortion, would you favor an invasion?
80 posted on 10/29/2003 8:42:32 AM PST by JohnGalt ("the constitution as it is, the union as it was")
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To: JohnGalt
Let me ask the reverse, if a state wanted to secede from the Union simply because they did not want to guarantee a First Trimester abortion, would you favor an invasion?

I would follow Lincoln's brilliant policy. He refused to recognize the right of any state to secede, but would not invade because they made proclamations of secession. Only armed attack on federal forces led to invasion.

And calling it invasion is itself a loaded term. One cannot invade one's own country.

To answer your question, I would favor massive armed response to armed resistance to legal and constitutional federal actions.

88 posted on 10/29/2003 8:58:38 AM PST by Restorer (Never let schooling interfere with your education.)
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