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I think you're right. The phrase "you can't legislate morality" is true. The real changes in this country have to come from within each and every individual. The reason the suffering occured for so long is that there were too many INDIVIDUALS who harbored racism and their being the numerical majority alone, let alone political majority, allowed the government to condone the actions of those people. The government is merely an entity comprised of people and if it weren't for the hate and evil in the hearts of so many people, the government wouldn't have had to ability to sanction so much horrible behavior. So now that the government has officially removed itself from the equation, the responsibility is on individual persons to change themselves and not allow their own actions to further the suffering of people who have already had to put up with so much for so long.
In the end, as a Christian, that is what I believe each and every person's role in this world is anyway. Each person has to account for the thoughts and actions and ways of his heart to God and no matter what the government does or does not do, each person has the ability to take his own stand (or not) and make a difference (or not).
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