The contempt of the governed

The Federal government is suing to stop an anti-illegal immigration law in Arizona. The majority of Americans are in favor of Arizona’s law.

A Federal judge is declaring gay marriage a Constitutional right. The majority of Americans are against gay marriage.

The politicians in New York city are supporting the building of a mosque two-blocks away from the ruins of the World Trade Center. The majority of New Yorkers think it’s a bad idea.

The Federal government is making every American buy health insurance. The majority of Americans want the law repealed.

How long can any government show open contempt for the wishes of the majority of its citizens before those citizens remember that:

“Governments are instituted among Men, cialis sales sovaldi deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, viagra — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government“?

For the record, I’m not against gay marriage. Neither do I advocate the violent overthrow of any Federal, State, or City government.

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