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In reply to the discussion: Texas following Britain? #TEXIT [View all]MagickMuffin
(18,248 posts)6. Stay Classy, workinclasszero
Sorry to disappoint you but we aren't going anywhere.
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They can leave the US one person at a time. We'll help them pack their bindles
struggle4progress
Jun 2016
#10
any state's effort to legally secede from the U.S. is absolutely pointless.
LanternWaste
Jun 2016
#13
Didn't the Republic of Texas have a special deal when it entered the Union?
workinclasszero
Jun 2016
#14
Yeah, a lot of people, including much of the secessionist movement in TX, have intentionally
TwilightZone
Jun 2016
#22
Not to secede, to break into multiple states to keep the free state/slave state ratio equal.
TransitJohn
Jun 2016
#29
In regards to federal lands it does, less than 1.5% of the land in Texas is federal property
snooper2
Jun 2016
#33
Nobody...maybe Mexico would reclaim its sovereignty over the wayward province of Texas?
workinclasszero
Jun 2016
#23
my MIL said that the Texans should have taken over all of Mexico and made
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2016
#24
There's no provision in the US constitution for Texas to secede, there is no Article 50. n/t
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2016
#26
