We are told to "obey the law", which on the most simplest of terms, seems to make sense, but life isn't as simple as just obeying man's law. For example, laws change, all of the time, so that things that are presently illegal such as slavery, were once accepted and legal; whereas things that are currently legal such as abortion, were once illegal, and so on and so forth. So too, we have many different courts of law, that adjudicate whether a particular thing is legal or illegal, in addition to the fact that man has created so many laws, as well as having so many rules and regulations, that inevitably some of these laws or rules contradict or override another law, so that even if an individual had an innate desire to always obey man's law, they wouldn't be able to, because of inherent contradictions between laws, misinterpretation of laws, and lack of knowledge of certain laws.
The laws that are presented to us today, are for the most part, man's law, of which some of these laws have come from our legislatures, some from executive decree, and some from activist judges, in which, man's laws and their application are then adjudicated by the judicial branch of the courts, in which, one branch, can overrule another, and where precedent of laws may or may not be overturned, making for a rather motley stew of laws that man is supposed to obey.
But what of all this obedience, when each of us is gifted with an innate sense of right and wrong, in which, quite clearly there are laws that simply are fundamentally flawed or wrong, whether recognized on that particular day or not. That is to say, man is consistently fallible, man is mutable, as well as mankind changes with the times, thereby blowing both with the wind and against it, and in short, because of its governance creates some laws through an often corrupt system that aids and abets one particular segment of the population that has the ear of power, while ignoring or dismissing those that do not.
All of this necessitates that rather than blinding following any law, there should be an overriding principle that guides all laws, that is both consistent and just. That law exists, in which it is known as natural law, the law that states that a legitimate law must be in accordance with the Highest Law, of which that law, is always just, equally applied, and immutable. This means that rather than blinding following any law, no matter the penalties or consequences of failing to adhere to such, that we have an inborn duty to disobey an unjust law, and thereby to act in accordance with the highest form of law, that cannot be rightly trumped by anything, because this Highest Law is eternal, just, and moral.
So that, because man's law does conflict with the Highest Law, there are worldly consequences suffered for those that disobey the dark arm of the law as applied by man, yet this rebellion must be made, for our highest duty is not to corruptible man, but to our Creator, who expects nothing less from his progeny. This means that slogans or propaganda such as "What is legal is moral", or "What is legal is right" are a grand disservice to mankind, for legality as applied and exercised by man, is far too often for the benefit and service of a privileged few to the detriment of the many.