When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Since the election to the Presidency of a candidate who has promised to roll back Constitutional freedoms and establish religious tests, who has marginalized women and who champions hate groups, the US has ceased to exist as a bastion of liberty. We believe certain of the states could do a better job, on their own, of preserving the promise of America. These states deserve that opportunity.