Romans 13 and Resistance to Authorities

This article from Doug Wilson's Blog and Mablog is a continuation of other articles on this subject that he has been working through.  The bottom line as I see it is that the trajectory of the United States Civil Government is that, irrespective of any particular law, the government is, and has been, on a crash course with Christianity because it wants to take the place of God.  Now, I would say that this is the natural state of affairs in every nation except for the one where individual citizens refuse to recognize this gross inversion as to how things are supposed to be.  As the citizenry of the United States have neglected their spiritual duties, then familial duties, economic, political and so on and so forth, we now come to the point where such abuse and tyranny is possible.  We can complain at every point about what is and what is not happening to us, but none of it would be possible without the consent of the citizen, a citizen who has forget where their first duty should stand.  Our political forefathers understood this was possible for they rightly understood the heart of man and knew that such was not only possible, but probable.  For those that see the writing on the wall, the decision that must be taken can only be done by prayerful reflection and a solid theological understanding of our founding document, the Bible.  This is not to say that such a decision will be easily arrived at or consistent for those that worship the same God, but it is something worthy to think about.