Civil Disobedience In The United States

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Civil Disobedience In recent history, people have gathered and disobeyed for change. One of the biggest changes in the U.S. was in the 1950s and 60s, which involved a form of nonviolent resistance. Civil disobedience is important to prevent government control and ensure freedom. Another reason civil disobedience is important is not everyone shares the same opinions on laws and will disobey laws they disagree with. If people comply with what is told to them and never resist, they would slowly have their freedom taken. In an article by Hammod, he states “We should submit to government unless laws of government conflict with laws of god (Hammod). Hammod states people should obey unless it is something that goes against their beliefs or they believe …show more content…
Another quote is from the Book of March written by John Lewis “If Judge Johnson says do not march what are yall gonna do, we are gonna march” (Lewis 213). Lewis is not going to listen to what the government is telling him, and is telling his brothers and sisters to march no matter what. If the activists comply and do not march, they will never make progress in the fight for civil rights. People have always had different opinions on laws and do not obey laws they do not find right. Civil disobedience is also important because not everyone agrees on the same laws, when people do not agree with these laws they will disobey them. In an article written by Kennedy, he discusses the debate on gun control. “70% of young Americans have different opinions on gun laws” (Kennedy). Kennedy states most young Americans have different opinions on gun laws. The other 30% who do not agree with these laws will disobey them. People also have very different opinions on climate change, Marlon states “Estimated 72% of adults think global warming is happening” (Marlon). The other 28% of people who do not believe in global warming will most likely disobey the