tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post6426333216059801473..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: NY Times: Anyone Who Disagrees With Us On Immigration Is A Racist XenophobeWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-53668517496563046682009-04-18T19:51:00.000-04:002009-04-18T19:51:00.000-04:00but on a recognition of our sovereignty and a resp...<I>but on a recognition of our sovereignty and a respect for our laws.</I>Do unjust laws deserve respect? <br /><br />Immigration laws discriminate against people based merely on where they happen to have been born. How is that different, morally speaking, from apartheid laws which discriminate based on skin color or ethnicity? <br /><br />Also, part of our "unique American identity" is support for private property and freedom of association. Absent immigration laws, I could freely invite anyone I please to stay at my house. As it is, INS bureaucrats dictate to me who I can invite onto my own property. <br /><br />Would you have pilloried those who chose to marry across racial lines prior to the repeal of miscegenation laws? Do you think Rosa Parks should've obeyed the law and moved to the back of the bus? <br /><br />If not, why should laws based on birthplace deserve any more obedience than those based on skin color?craschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238156187926745310noreply@blogger.com