I do know some individual Catholics who reject the death penalty for the same reason that they would not themselves ever seek or endorse abortion, but I don't see the same phenomenon in national politics.
Re:Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade
by MisterBastahrd on Friday June 24, 2022 @12:12PM
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The Church rejects the death penalty. It's literally a part of their catechism.
Yes, and the use of Catholic doctrine by politcal conservatives is cynical and selective.
That's what I meant— it's not as hard to find regular Catholic believers who are consistent in rejecting both abortion and the death penalty as a matter of their commitment to their religion as it is to find politicians who are the same way.
Horseshit, or the religious conservatives would also abolish the death penalty federally. Instead, the more Republican states tend to be the ones who wish to expand the death penalty. Look at the history of the death penalty in Texas, and who has historically been "eligible" for it.
It's all about control. These people believe America to be a "Christian" nation first and foremost. Their ultimate goal is to push America into that direction.
I believe within the lifetime of my generation's kids, we will see a push to repeal the First Amendment, at least the religious part of it. Although knowing how American Christians have historically handled freedom of speech, more than likely they'll try to gut the whole thing.