It was not a love triangle at all. Except for Fox News (looking at you Shepherd Smith) that piece of fiction was done away with rather quickly. Of course that doesn't stop half the posters in this thread from showing their ass. The rest are just as bad as the antis.
Ooohh this again! Sorry, I just felt the need to get in on this discussion before those who would allow the states (with a lower case "s") abrogate the rights of individuals. So much for due process and equal protection and all that.
Oh yeah, 9th amendment forever!
I just had to add, I find it...
And yet your generation gave us Jimmy Carter. Prior to that, it was FDR.
I doubt that support for same-sex marriage is going to be the death knell of the nation, society, etc.
Victorian-era parents in the early 1910s and 20s and those calling rock-and-roll immoral in the 1950s would absolutely agree with this statement.
Yet here we are.
I rather think the types of links being provided (or in some cases the repeated use of single source information) says all there is to say about the point of view being offered.
"plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."
But no, the war had nothing to do with slavery at all, just ask the Democrats of 1856:
Democratic Party Platforms: Democratic Party Platform of 1856
As for Lincoln's letter to Greeley, it might be a good idea to actually read what he is saying and...
Deaf ears...
Most of the framers of the Constitution would disagree with secession the way the CSA attempted it. Otherwise, states would continually leave and rejoin at a later date when it suited their interests, thus ensuring a weak nation. Precisely the opposite of what the framers were...
Seems to me that the CSA included territory belonging to the United States as well as property. Also, 9 out of 13 is indeed 2/3. Although, just to be clear, I did add the modifier arguably.
I would argue that the Constitution is quite clear on where that particular power lies.
The Constitution, and the conventions it established, required the assent of 2/3 of the states to ratify it. Arguably, in order to break that covenant, the agreement of 2/3 of the states was also necessary...
+1. Apparently any and all government exists only to subvert people's freedom in the eyes of some. Anarchy in the USA I suppose.
I think I have it about figured out:
Federal Government: Always wrong, should either not exist or do nothing.
States: Do as little as possible except when in conflict...