Civil disobedience

"God does not hold people responsible for obeying the civil government, however, when obedience would mean directly disobeying a command of God himself. This principle is indicated by a number of passages in the narrative sections of the Bible. One clear example occurs in the early days of the Christian church. After Jesus had commanded the early apostles to preach the Gospel (see Matt. 28:19–20), the Jewish governing authority, the Sanhedrin, arrested some of them and commanded them 'not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus' (Acts 4:18). But the apostles Peter and John answered, 'We cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard' (Acts 4:20), and later Peter proclaimed, 'We must obey God rather than men' (5:29). This is a clear affirmation of the principle that God requires his people to disobey the civil government if obedience would mean directly disobeying God." - Wayne Grudem, Politics - According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture, p. 88