[h=1]Citizens in 15 states file petitions to secede from United States[/h]November 11, 2012, By:
Joe Newby
As a result of Tuesday's election, Americans in 15 states have filed petitions to secede from the United States, Regina Conley reported at
Red Alert Politics on Saturday.
So far, she says, residents in Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky, Colorado,
New Jersey and ten other states, have filed petitions at the
White House petition site requesting
secession. A petition for
New York to secede was file by "C R" of Grand Forks, North Dakota on Saturday.
Examiner's
Sheila Carroll says those other states include Montana, North Dakota, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia and
Oregon.
On November 7, the day after the election, "Michael E" from Slidell, Louisiana, filed a petition at the White House "We the People" site, requesting that
Louisiana be allowed to secede.
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation," the petition reads, quoting the Declaration of Independence.
As of this writing, the petition has 8.162 signatures and needs 16,838 to reach a goal of 25,000.
On Friday, a
Texas resident created a petition to secede in order to protect the standard of living Texans now enjoy.
"The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect its citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government," the
petition reads.
As of this writing, that petition had 5,289 signatures.
Source:
http://www.examiner.com/article/citizens-15-states-file-petitions-to-secede-from-united-states