We live in confusing, sometimes-peaceful, sometimes-turbulent times. We mean to live as law-abiding, patriotic citizens, but what do we do when culture and conscience collide? Often, I find my best answers in the pages and heroes of history.
The illicit actions of historical heroes and heroines ring brave and true in hindsight, but at the time, their daring deeds provoked cries of “Treason!” “Lawbreaker!” and “Revolutionary!”
Had their courageous but unpopular—sometimes illegal—activities been discovered before they were willing for them to be known, these headlines might have been slapped across the news sources of their time:
Jewish Midwives Violate Pharaoh’s …
