Non-violent civil disobedience. It's an effective means of protest as used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandi, and Nelson Mandela to evoke change.
One must always obey the spirit if the law is unjust.
Jesus Christ notably followed the spirit of the (religious) laws over the letter of the law:
"Christ did not come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. His purpose was to encourage people to look beyond the "letter of the law" to the "spirit of the law"...the principles behind the commandments and the law's intention. Jesus quotes the book of Deuteronomy and Leviticus: "All the Law can be summed up in this: to love God with all your heart, all your mind and all your soul, and to love your neighbor as yourself."
That is the highest law that must be obeyed.
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