Little did the Obama Administration figure that their idea of giving average citizens a voice in government would turn out like this when they started their “We the People” section of the White House website. Citizens of 42 states have started petitions requesting that the Obama Administration allow them to peaceably secede from the United States.

I first heard about this yesterday but didn’t think a lot about it. I didn’t realize that the Obama Administration has promised to address any petition that gets over 25,000 signatures. Already the State of Texas has over 80,000

This whole backlash from middle America on the policies our Federal Government has been shoving down our throats is sure to cause Washington to take notice. It better!

Here is a list of the states and their current signature count. The link tied to the state is the link you can go to in order to sign the petition. Forgive me for not having them in alphabetical order but I am pulling them off the White House website in the order they are listed.

List of State Petitions from Citizens to Secede From The U.S.

Virginia 4402 signatures

Illinois 2235 signatures

New Mexico 1132 signatures

Minnesota 1547 signatures

New Hampshire 2258 signatures

Idaho 2331 signatures

Georgia 25633 signatures (has reached the minimum number of signatures required.)

Rhode Island 2168 signatures

Wisconsin 3207 signatures

Utah 5846 signatures

Ohio 7948 signatures

South Dakota 4015 signatures

West Virginia 4617 signatures

Nebraska 4462 signatures

Pennsylvania 9741 signatures

Alaska 5315 signatures

Kansas 5384 signatures

Oklahoma 14104 signatures

Wyoming 6172 signatures

California 8766 signatures

New York 12414 signatures

Delaware 5905 signatures

Nevada 7674 signatures

Arizona 16038 signatures

Arkansas 17702 signatures

South Carolina 18414 signatures

Missouri 15059 signatures

Tennessee 24342 signatures

Michigan 15267 signatures

Colorado 16951 signatures

Oregon 11840 signatures

New Jersey 11317

North Dakota 9644 signatures

Montana 10981 signatures

Indiana 15874 signatures

Mississippi 14452 signatures

Kentucky 14646 signatures

Florida 26916 signatures (meets the minimum requirement.)

North Carolina 23791 signatures

Alabama 24868 signatures

Texas 89034 signatures (3 times the minimum requirement.)

Louisiana 31663 signatures (meets the minimum requirement.)

Will the White House Listen to “The voice of the people”?

 I have never in my life seen such a move in such a short few days where people have responded so quickly. I cannot imagine that the White House and the Obama administration is not taking notice. The question is whether or not they will humble themselves and listen to the citizens of this nation or they will continue to ignore the voice of the American people. If they do, then this will go away. If they don’t then my friends, I must ask the question if we are seeing the beginning of the end of the union?

I do not advocate taking up arms against our fellow citizens. I believe if this is going to happen then it must be done in the same manner that Ghandi and his followers used in India. I honestly do not believe that the world or public opinion will allow us to have another bloody civil war. If enough people push our State governments then the principle of government of the people, by the people and for the people comes into play and we may see States petitioning for secession. If that happens, I cannot imagine any U.S. Soldier obeying an order to fire on the citizenry. Maybe I am naive.

The big question in my mind is how did we ever allow government to get so intrusive that 1/2 million Americans have signed petitions in 1 week wanting to secede from the Union?

Watching expectantly,

Pastor Duke

This article was first published on my website Taber's Truths

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