[farmer18th]

Uh, dude, you're running in circles here

Not really. I think you failed to understand the point of the original post. We ARE a nation of laws, but when one set of laws violate a higher law, we have a holy obligation to disobey. Pryor just wasn't man enough--or Christian enough--to engage in the sort of righteous defiance that characterized Daniel, Cromwell, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, Bonhoeffer and thousands of others. Pryor belongs with those appeasers of history who couldn't rise to the standard of truth.

[dirtboy]

We ARE a nation of laws, but when one set of laws violate a higher law, we have a holy obligation to disobey.

I personally think the monument should have stayed. However, my opinion really doesn't matter for squat, except to the extent that I try to convince enough other people to act to elect officials and appoint judges who will effect change. Pryor in his position followed the law of the land, which, for all its flaws, is still better than anything else on the planet. I would have preferred a confrontation, but this wasn't the best time or place to challenge federal power. That day will come and hopefully soon, but we need to be on solid ground for it.

[EDINVA]

Pryor is AG of AL, not Bishop of Birmingham