A group from KY did the same thing. I think anyone who signed the petition should be put on a remote island somewhere and see how far they get without the government to help with roads, schools, hospitals, the military, and all the hundred other things the government does that people don't pay attention to.

Idiots.

Separation of Church and State is the keystone to the US Constitution for a reason.

I feel your pain. Kentucky isn't a whole lot better, but at least I live in Louisville, which is the bluest part of the state.

Thank goodness for the internet so I don't feel like alone in my disgust of these kind of people.

Get the feeling this has been originated by one of those 'Men superior' groups? Governments are instituted among Men - where do women come in? Sidelined to the kitchen and the bedroom, slaves to their fathers and husbands (and possibly eventually to their sons?)

Sometimes I wish these guys could be transported back to the real era they think they want to live in. OK, some of them might fit in okay; but I think the conditions then would come as a real shock to most of them. They wouldn't be able to get back fast enough.

I don't get it. Do they want to be governed by men or by God?

But in that case according to what they quoted, they don't have the right to seceed. Can't have it both ways.

Morons.

I read that people in 20 states had started circulating these petitions. Like two year olds who want their own way, period, and throw a tantrum if they don't get it. These are the same folks who want to carry guns, stone gays, let the poor and sick and disabled starve and think rape is in God's plan. Where does free speech end and hate crime begin? The US is like a giant powder keg with a lit fuse -- scares the hell out of the rest of us around the world. Our only consolation is that more than half of you voted for Obama -- but the other nearly half of the population is increasingly terrifying.

::big eye roll::

so there are idiots in my state (Kentucky) who want to do this too? Wonderful.

Laurie

I wouldn't worry too much about it, Patt - nothing will come of it. If they get over 25,000 signatures they'll get a formal response from the government; I think what the petition signers don't realize is that that response will be "No."

Actually I was thinking of signing the one for SC. This is for almost all the states now.

I think what some people are forgetting is the freedom of speech.

Let's be realistic here. If the petitions get over 25,000 signatures (which some have - Texas over 100,000) does this mean that secession will happen, NO. But these individuals will be given notice of their dissatisfaction.

Just as I agree there should be a separation of church and government, there should be some autonomy for the states from the federal government.

Look, Pat, there are situations and problems that your state faces that my state doesn't. Hence, state laws and state revenue. I honestly feel the federal government in some cases are trying to take over too much control of the states, such as their lawsuits over such things as voter registration or immigration laws. I think it is a waste of money as it is when it happens...money that could focus on such things as Sandy victims.

So true!

Patt, I tell myself...just imagine what the world would be like if we did agree to everyting. BORING!

And I thank God everyday that I live in a country where we are allowed to be different.

I can just see Jim and Blair in a political debate. ;-)

I have some pics due by the end of this weekend for a Moonridge auction. Then I may just tackle it!