Texas' secessionist governor, Rick Perry, is a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that like it's mirror image the Sons of the Grand Army of the Republic, both honors the courage and sacrifices of it's members ancestors and promotes the cause for which they fought. He's (never denounced and) repeatedly benefitted in his political career by neo-secessionist 'League of the South" campaign endorsements. That's the publicly known background to his famous 2010 pro-secession speech to Texas Tbaggers.
Of course the main value that these and other pro-secession groups want to uphold is white supremacy: our founding doctrine. Its what animates the Tbaggers who want to "take back" their America from it's first black president, and 'Ol Seccesh is hoping to ride it to the "white" house. Check out the article in Salon for the details http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2011/07/13/rick_perry_sons_of_confederate_veterans
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