HS 117 - "Secession Madness" in All 50 States with Drew Zahn

In light of the recent election results, thousands of people across the United States started petitions to the government requesting that their state secede from the Union.  Drew Zahn, news editor at WND, joins Jason Hartman for a discussion about this movement that immediately followed on the heels of Obama’s re-election.  Drew and Jason talk about states’ rights, pointing out that many citizens feel our individual rights are also being infringed upon through some of President Obama’s mandates, such as healthcare reform.  The movement began with one gentleman in Louisiana asking for a peaceful secession from the Union for his state and very quickly snowballed.  Drew explains the legality involved in secession, noting that there are three ways that a state can leave the Union.  For details on this issue, please visit www.HolisticSurvival.com.  Citizens in all 50 states have petitioned the White House, with many states having acquired more than enough signatures to meet the requirement of the government’s policy for petitions.  Jason and Drew discuss the ramifications, good, bad and difficult, of a state actually legally seceding. Drew Zahn is a reporter, movie critic and one of the news editors at WND.com, the nation’s oldest, largest independent online news source.  A graduate of Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Drew Zahn is a former pastor, who cut his editing teeth as a member of the award-winning staff of Leadership, Christianity Today’s professional journal for church leaders.  He is the editor of seven books, including “Movie-Based Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching,” which sparked his ongoing love affair with film and his weekly WND column, “Popcorn and a (World)View.”  He and his wife and their 16 children live in Iowa.