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"they will be free to leave the state..."

the government I was referring to was the federal government. If a state can secede from the union then so can an individual. If I don't agree with the laws of the U.S government then I just secede from the union......just like the southern states did. By the way, those states didn't move anywhere, they stayed right where they were. What you are advocating is not freedom, its anarchy. You belong with Thoreau on Walden pond somewhere. I believe in individual rights and following your heart, but when you do that and oppose the laws of your government, you must pay the penalty, just like Muhammad Ali did when he defied the Draft Laws. He didn't run to Canada, he went to jail. He was an American and prized his freedom, but respected his country's laws and paid a huge financial, and emotional price for his individual beliefs.

I know you were referring to the Federal government. You did not get my answer.

The reason why you think this is because the way you view this country. You do not see it as 50 individual states united. How do I know this is by the question you asked? You act as if State boarders do not even exist. Here is the question I am referring to below;

"If a state can secede from the union then so can an individual. "

You look at this as if people are their own individual States, and you do not recognize that individuals have to respect local law(New York, Virginia, Georgia, etc..).

What you are advocating is a strong central government that will not allow STATES to leave if they wanted to.

When you wrote,

"By the way, those states didn't move anywhere, they stayed right where they were."

I don't follow you there? Did you forget the war between the states?

I am just saying that technically the war between the States was not constitutional. No where in the Constitution does it state you have to be a member. And you have yet to prove that.

Muhammad Ali is not only a coward (because someone else had to go in his place), but an idiot. He was originally named after a person who was an Abolishionist. The original Muhammad Ali was a slave owner. I have zero respect for him. Why he is glorified is beyond me?