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Pro-Life?
If you think it is okay for the government to kill people - even capital criminals - can you really call yourself Pro-Life?
The death penalty in this country is terrible for two reasons.
First, a principle I stand upon as a Christian is that life is a gift - not of man's constitutions' - but of Divine order. Many Americans agree with this. They even go so far as to say that one should not engage in the prevention of a human life from coming into being. But the sympathies end there. Congratulations, you are "pro-babies." But is that a real test of faith principles? A real test is how you apply your faith to a hardened criminal. Can you hold that life is Divinely-ordered and also think it A-OK for the government to execute people? That does not sound so pro-life to me.
The second reason why the death penalty is terrible is because it is administered so unjustly. Do we have "Equal Protection Under Law" when Texan juries ready the frying pan for anybody who blinks at the wrong speed, while my own state of Michigan consistently refuses to adopt such a penalty?
Do not even get me started on the race and class implications of our unbalanced scales of justice.
I suppose those who oppose such executions are just woosies. But enough about me - let's hear what you think in the comments section!