Our society would not be where it is today if not for the civil disobedience of the minority groups within our society. The laws of probability dictate that the advances would have happened eventually but if not for the actions of civil disobedience some of them could have taken significantly longer or could have even taken conflicts to resolve just like slavery did. The struggle for Women’s suffrage one such prolonged that contained numerous acts of civil disobedience. The fight to gain voting equality across the country lasted decades but was only fully achieved through a plethora of civil disobedience acts, most notably the heads of the National Women’s Party (NWP) becoming political prisoners over their actions and the national uproar causing president Woodrow Wilson to back their cause. The
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Their actions are automatically applauded as civil disobedience even if they have made no attempts to influence the law through legal means or public outreach prior to their “civil disobedience” effort. Kim Davis’ actions in August of 2015 are a prime example of such inaction. Davis disagreed with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2015 requiring all U.S. courts to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Prior to the date the decision went into effect Davis had taken no action against the efforts to make same-sex marriage legal. She, as an elected official and as a clerk of court, had filed no documents asking that a religious exemption be considered so that individuals would not have to issue the licenses if it conflicted with their religious views. It was not until the highest judicial action possible had already taken place that Davis became involved and acted outside the law. At this point she had no right violate the law because she had made no effort to influence it
Their actions are automatically applauded as civil disobedience even if they have made no attempts to influence the law through legal means or public outreach prior to their “civil disobedience” effort. Kim Davis’ actions in August of 2015 are a prime example of such inaction. Davis disagreed with the Obergefell v. Hodges decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in June of 2015 requiring all U.S. courts to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Prior to the date the decision went into effect Davis had taken no action against the efforts to make same-sex marriage legal. She, as an elected official and as a clerk of court, had filed no documents asking that a religious exemption be considered so that individuals would not have to issue the licenses if it conflicted with their religious views. It was not until the highest judicial action possible had already taken place that Davis became involved and acted outside the law. At this point she had no right violate the law because she had made no effort to influence it