Birth Control

[minestrone]

It is jaw dropping watching Dianne Feinstein use a "you can't serve the Pope and America" derivative.

[hairymouse]

She is against both. The point is the lefties are only getting upset about the former and conveniently ignoring the latter. So, on the one hand, she'll probably tend to measures that tighten abortion law, but on the other hand, she'll also tend to measures that restrict the death penalty.

Some Christians view life as sacrosanct, but that doesn't preclude being a soldier, nor does it immediately mean being against a state sanctioned death penalty. The biggest issue with the US system is not in my view the death penalty per se (although I think it should be abolished), rather the sheer numbers on death row, the number of very doubtful convictions - and the demographic of those on death row.

Don't forget that recent changes to the way lethal injection is administered has made it a terrifying and cruel way to die. IMHO, sane people can disagree about the death penalty but nobody should agree with torturing someone to death.

[minestrone]

Dont think they really execute that many people these days. 14 this year, 2 black. I would imagine that their crimes were really feckin bad.