| August 31, 2009 · Some Texans are calling for the Lone Star State to secede from the rest of the country. The Texas Nationalist Movement joined other grassroots organizations in Austin on Saturday, where protestors held a rally called “sovereignty or secession.”
Jerry Donaldson is one of the organizers. He said their numbers are growing. “It's the Tea Party groups, it’s the 912 groups – we’ve got Resistnet – we’ve got United Militias – they’re all stepping up – its ridiculous," said Donaldson.
Dan Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, said he wants the state to break away from the union using peaceful means. We reject violence as an instrument of political change,” he said.
Debora Medina is running for the Republican nomination for Texas Governor. She spoke to the crowd and said she’s aware that the fight for the rebirth of the Texas nation could get violent. “We are aware that stepping off into secession may in fact be a bloody war – we understand that the tree of freedom occasionally watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots – these are serious days,” said Medina from the South Steps of the state capitol.
About 500 people attended the rally. Many held homemade signs calling for secession and posed for pictures in front of the confederate war memorial.
Jerry Donaldson said Governor Rick Perry had agreed to attend the rally but later cancelled. Perry has given the secession movement verbal support in the past and he is pushing for Texas sovereignty in his re-election campaign.
Donaldson said Perry is helping his organization grow. “He’s been pushing Sovereignty, but stepped up and said if Texans want to secede they can and the reason was the Texas Nationalists Movement was right there in front of him,” Donaldson.
Donaldson wants Perry to immediately call a special session of the legislature and put forth a statewide referendum for Texas independence. He’s confident that Texans would support session and the referendum would overwhelmingly pass.
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