White House to respond after 80,000 sign petition for Texas to secede from United States
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The Texas capitol building, crafted from pink granite, is seen in Austin, Texas September 19, 2012.
About 80,000 Texans want to be the Lone Star country.
The White House will respond after thousands signed a petition on a government website following U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election asking for Texas to have the right to secede from the United States.
“The U.S. continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending,” the petition, asking the Obama administration to “Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own (new) government,” says.
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney defeated Obama in Texas by taking 57.2% of the vote compared to Obama’s 41.4%.
Some 100,000 Americans signed petitions demanding the right for their state to leave the union following Obama’s victory, but only Texas has passed the 25,000 mark at which the White House is supposed to respond.
The Texas petition went live on the White House website on Nov. 9.
The White House says every petition that passes the threshold will get a response in a “timely fashion.”
Texas Governor Rick Perry says he opposes succession and has no interest in the petition.
“Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it,” his office wrote in a statement to the Dallas Morning News. “But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government.”
The U.S. Constitution contains no provisions allowing for states to secede from the union.
“Once Texas had agreed to join the Union, she never had the legal option of leaving, either before or after the Civil War,” says a post from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Texas has seceded from the United States once already, joining the Confederate States during the Civil War in 1861, not long after its 1845 entrance into the union. The state was re-admitted to the union in 1870.
Petitions from 20 different states have asked to secede from the United States on the White House website. Most of those states voted for Romney.
The White House will respond after thousands signed a petition on a government website following U.S. President Barack Obama’s re-election asking for Texas to have the right to secede from the United States.
“The U.S. continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending,” the petition, asking the Obama administration to “Peacefully grant the State of Texas to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own (new) government,” says.
Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney defeated Obama in Texas by taking 57.2% of the vote compared to Obama’s 41.4%.
Some 100,000 Americans signed petitions demanding the right for their state to leave the union following Obama’s victory, but only Texas has passed the 25,000 mark at which the White House is supposed to respond.
The Texas petition went live on the White House website on Nov. 9.
The White House says every petition that passes the threshold will get a response in a “timely fashion.”
Texas Governor Rick Perry says he opposes succession and has no interest in the petition.
“Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it,” his office wrote in a statement to the Dallas Morning News. “But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government.”
The U.S. Constitution contains no provisions allowing for states to secede from the union.
“Once Texas had agreed to join the Union, she never had the legal option of leaving, either before or after the Civil War,” says a post from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Texas has seceded from the United States once already, joining the Confederate States during the Civil War in 1861, not long after its 1845 entrance into the union. The state was re-admitted to the union in 1870.
Petitions from 20 different states have asked to secede from the United States on the White House website. Most of those states voted for Romney.
Labels: Democracy, Heritage, That's Life, Traditions, United States, Values
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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