Welcome J!
You've already an interesting life story to tell, and
it will no doubt become even more so in Wyoming.
You seem a bright, well-spoken, and adventurous
young man, and I wish you a grand time here.
And thanks, btw, for your kind praise of my work
and vision for the FSW. I am honored by the association
of those who have joined me for a Wyoming future.
Regarding Christian Exodus, I'm broadly familiar with
them, but haven't thoroughly read through their
entire site. Their mythology about the Constitution:
It is evident that the U.S. Constitution has been abandoned under our current federal system...
... the State's sovereign authority retained under the 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
...is widely held, but no less inacurrate...and futile.
I wish they'd read my
Hologram of Liberty or Gary North's
Conspiracy in Philadelphia. (We've a great thread on this.)
What they are actually attempting to accomplish is a not a 1790 era
state, but a pre-1781 Christian
colony. They've utterly no chance
under the federal system, and secession is their only rational hope
because of the theocratic nature of their intended government.
The USG would allow a libertarian Wyoming much sooner than a
theocratic South Carolina, simply because statism is actually a religion
and the feds are much more threatened by such "apostates."
I.e., it's one thing for libertarians not to worship the god of state, but
Christians worship another god entirely, and the statists have never
been able to accept
that.
In summary, I'm all for localism and regionalism, and wish success for
any group which tries to offer a free market alternative. CE may turn
out to be the biggest free state movement yet.
Boston
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