Simple question for Cory ten Boom, Rauol Wallenberg, Martin Luther King, Brother Andrew, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the Underground Railroad rescuers: Why not just obey the law? Folks like these obviously deserve the misery they gave themselves.
Because some people see the need to act on their convictions.
Acts 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
The same could have been said of the people who operated the (illegal) Underground Railway in the 19th Century, and those who (illegally) hid Jews in their homes in Europe in the 1930's and 40's
Nathaniel Fischer followed up with asking Illbay: You're a Mormon, aren't you?
It's the LDS church, of which included my ancestors and current extended family members, which has advocated no political position on abortion to its church members...which has told its bishops in its Handbook on Church Instruction that it's OK to get abortion for reasons of disability or health (which can mean anything--and the abortionist determines what "health" means). Odd for a church that believes that spirit babies are up yonder waiting to inhabit bodies here on earth. The LDS folk should be the most pro-life of any "tribe."
Isn't the answer obvious? Because the believes in standing up for the helpless innocent who cannot stand up for themselves. When the State or Federal Law is contrary to universal moral laws from God, it CAN and SHOULD be broken. Question for you: The germans near Buchenwald obeyed the law and sat passively buy while thousands were led to their deaths...which is more important - obeying the law or doing what is right? hmmm?