This is a resurgance of the anger over integration, etc. It was especially visible too in the votes against what was referred to as the Lilly Ledbetter amendments to the Equal Pay Act. A flare up of the ERA protest of the 70s. This is sabre rattling that secures our status as a bottom dwelling state. The anti-government sentiments are especially foolish for a region of the state that thrives on TVA, U.S. Army, NASA and the federally funded contracts that keep thousands employed directly and provides diposable income to keep merchants and service industries going.

Alabama Republicans don’t care about the people; they want it their way or no way. They discovered it's easy to fool an ignorant population by trying to perpetuate the illusion that they are always under attack, from Mexicans or ACORN or Planned Parenthood or gays or takers, global warming hoaxers; it doesn’t matter. They don’t want democracy or social justice; they just want it their way. Most Alabama Republicans are nothing more thana bunch of gullible ‘Honey Boo Boos who think there’s a ‘War on Christmas’ or that he Socialist policies of our Kenyan President are so disastrous that the end of the world is coming. In short..we have a state ruled by idiots over idiots!

The funds spent on defending these state laws, which are unconstitutional from the get-go but are enacted to keep our paranoid voters happy, run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. The irony of it is that the very constitution they profess is the same one they continue to violate. Go figure.

social justice---redistribution of wealth

bunch of retards - Repups this, demos that..... bla bla bla. Politicians only care about one thing, getting reelected and they need party money to do that so they tow the party line. wake up people. Of course DD is doing exactly what they are complaining about.

How much more money will these idiots waste on lawyer fees? The republicans are worse than the democrats about lawyers.

You people have no clue. You are willing to set back and support a government that is slowly taking your rights and freedoms away. What's wrong with you people? Gun control, abortion, you all don't get it. What ever my views are on ech doesn't matter. The federal government has no business creating laws that dictate to states how each state should be ran. It's all about states rights and the fact that the feds are stripping the rights from the states. States rights are larger than any issue wrote about in this editorial. And Rumple, your point is moronic. Saying we shouldn't stand up for our rights because of our dependent on gov jobs is down right stupid. Communism died years ago and now all you all want to do is start it back up but only in our country. Grab a book and learn what communism and socialism is. It's exactly what you people are wanting. You are all stupid!

Hey Roy. You're an idiot. That is all.

Roy needs to take a stand and help run the feddle guvment out of North Alabama. Its really dragging us down. I wonder if Roy has a FHA or VA home loan. Does he anticipate accepting Medicare and Social Security. I wonder if he ever accepted unemployment compensation. Maybe he went to school on a government guaranteed student loan or, worse yet, a Pell grant. Roy definently needs to start a movement.

William is guess that's fare I started the name calling. Rumple I'm sorry, unlike you I have an education, I've never had to take the wheels off or push the steps up to a house I've ever owned and I'm dang sure not going to stand by and let the government how to live, you redneck hick.

Their point, Roy, is that you've clearly bought into all of the political propaganda thus far. Your comment proves the premise of the article...that's all.

Concur with s.

Concur with s.

Ok S, what have I bought into? I truly do not think our government is bad. I see a tremendous amount of good it does. I get upset the Americans that feel they are owed something from our gov and the politicians that want to give it to win a vote. I get upset when my government tells me I can no longer do something that is my right to do. So what propaganda have bought into? Are you saying the government knows better how I should live my life than I do?

Thanks, Timothy from Calera... We're all dumber because of your asinine statements.

@Roy - I have no delusions about changing your opinions, so I'll just say this: Just as some were able to convince the majority population that our enenies had WMD's, they have convinced many of our citizens that "entitlement folk" are the greatest contributor to our national financial crisis.Likewise, they have you believing that the President can enact laws single handedly and strip us of our constitutional rights with a stroke of his pen. What I'm saying is that you need to understand more clearly the process required for constitutional amendments and the federal government's role where State law is concerned instead of bieng puppeted.