Of course. ML King said something about it is the duty of citizens to break unjust laws. He mentioned the exclusionary laws under Hitler, which had the effect Gail describes above, in his speech supporting breaking unjust laws. But he was talking about breaking the racial and religious discrimination laws, the Jim Crow Laws, of the era.
Not to compare myself in any way to people who stood up to the Nazis or the institutions of the 1950s and 60s, but I’ve had a bone to pick with my state for quite some time: I believe everyone should be allowed beach access and there are laws on the books in the State of Florida—unjust laws in my opinion—that restrict beach access based on private ownership. One of Florida’s finest surfing sites, River Road, is no longer open to surfers. Correction, the finest surfing site, hands down, in the State of Florida has been closed to surfers for a whole generation now due to private ownership of the access. Pain in the ass. I’ve been arrested for tresspassing River Road.
The beaches are a natural resource to be enjoyed by all and not a wealthy few and I just can’t understand why those wealthy few con’t see it this way. So, I refuse to respect those laws that support that specific injustice.