Will the Mahattan Declaration ramp up the culture war? Are you willing to participate in civil disobedience?
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M$I will gladly engage in civil disobedience, if necessary, to fight against any furthering of their goals.
Curiously enough, I was born in Manhattan. You probably would be hard pressed to find a location where there is a smaller percentage of these right wingnuts. Mahattan regularly votes for liberal candidates in national elections.
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M$I sincerely think you are overestimating the power of one document. As I am writing the answer there have been 107327 signatures to the online document and although everyone of those signature represents a person with a valid opinion and viewpoint on the topic, the line this movement/document walks is not one of civil disobedience it is one of disrespect and irresponsibility.
Although the 3 parts of this declaration are all a bit scary when properly decoded the 3rd one is the most fearsome as it will be interpreted as meaning the right to conscience means the right to enforce such conscience on the laws and people of this nation. That is not civilly disobedient it is starting a religious war. As we know those do not end.. they just keep killing, part of what this declaration is trying to protect.
So if this declaration gets some wind in its sails it will "ramp up a culture war" but we (at least I) am not ready for this or any for of disobedience civil or not that encourages people continue the behavior of rejecting laws by violence and hate rather than by the ways designed in the constitution.
Elect different leaders if you want to change the law.
Respectfully, Mr. Starnes you should know that
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M$1) no
2) I think so, but not for that.
I don't think that the so called declaration is worth anything, so it won't ramp up any culture war.
It only has three statements, one of which seems to contradict the other two because the "right of conscience and religious liberty" seems to pertain only to christian-based religion and has nothing to do with MY conscience (as a believer in God).
As for whether I would be willing to participate in civil disobedience I answered with world histories in mind such as:
The American colonies' civil disobedience which resulted in a new country.
Gandhi's civil disobedience which resulted in a free country.
The combined civil disobedience of the various republics which helped with the fall of the USSR.
If I felt it was right and true to my freedom and future, I hope I would have to strength to stand up and be heard. But not for this "declaration".
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