WHEREAS it is very easy to claim that secession will solve all of one's earthly problems (and not a few spiritual ones as well); that the internet allows for all sorts of self-consoling gestures of dubious substance or quality;
HOWEVER, we conduct Federal elections every two years, which is less than the average life span of a sparrow in the wild; every citizen has a constant voice; the signers of secession petitions are making James Madison cry;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that any and all persons signing on-line petitions advocating the right of any individual State to secede from the Union, be required, prior to signing the petition, to read and complete a brief essay about, the Constitution of the United States and the Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln.



