Floridians Formally Petition Obama Administration for Secession

The Daily Caller reports on 20 petitions at WhiteHouse.Gov, asking the administration to review requests by tens -- if not hundreds -- of thousands of Americans for their states to be allowed to secede from the United States of America.

And if enough signatures are collected within a certain time period, the Obama administration will be compelled by its own rules to officially respond to the requests:

"How would Old Glory look with 30 stars instead of 50? As far-fetched as it may sound, the White House might soon be forced by its own rules to examine the question.

"On Nov. 7, the day after President Barack Obama was re-elected, the White Houses website received a petition asking the administration to allow Louisiana to secede.

"If 25,000 people sign the petition by Dec. 7, it will 'require a response' from the Obama administration, according to published rules of the White Houses online 'We the People' program. ...

"What began as a pair of parallel stunts appears to have gathered steam. Other than Louisiana and Texas, states with secession-related petitions pending on the White House website now include Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina and Tennessee. ...

"While most of the petitions mimic the Louisiana efforts tribute to the Declaration of Independence, Montanas and Floridas focus on the same quoted line from Benjamin Franklin: 'They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.'"

{Source: "White House Website Deluged with Secession Petitions from 20 States"}

The Florida petition presently has a little over 5,200 signatures. It needs to reach 25,000 by Dec. 10 in order to receive official consideration by the Obama administration.