If Republicans are so Pro-Life, then why do so many support the death penalty?
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Virtually no one, of any political party, believes killing is always wrong.  The question is: when is it justified?\n\nAlmost everyone agrees that killing is justified when it is necessary to protect your own life or the life of another.  People opposed to abortion generally believe that killing innocents is morally wrong.  Many of those same people also believe that killing as a punishment for a crime is also wrong.  However, many believe that killing as a punishment for especially heinous crimes (multiple murders, killing a cop, killing a child) is justified.\n\nThe common thread is a moral one: a baby has done nothing to deserve getting killed.  He or she did not even come into being voluntarily, that was thrust upon him.  A serial killer, on the other hand, has, by his actions, discarded all pretense of being a moral actor.  He has forfeited whatever claim he may have had to inclusion in the moral community.\n\nI think the question whether, and to what extent, abortion should be permitted ought to be democratically determined.  Not because I think baby-killing is OK--I think it is a horrible, gruesome, almost unimaginably brutal act--but because I think it is of such importance that any society ought to be forced to choose it explicitly.  By voting.  I think if people want to choose to be part of a society that kills babies, that is perfectly OK.  Be baby killers.  Some societies have chosen to be slave owners.  Some have chosen to eat the flesh of their enemies.  Some have chosen to exterminate those of another race or culture.  If you think killing babies enriches the culture, go, live your dream.
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It goes both ways. Extremists on both sides are wrapping the issue up with other issues. For example, people who are pro life are often also in favor of women being subservient, staying home, being married, making less money and stuff like that.  And pro choicers often refer to abortion as a reproductive right without considering the life of the child a right.  This is just another example of how extremist views are flawed.  The truth is in the middle.  Address the reasons for abortion, increase womens rights, access, equality, etc. and then only make abortion illegal without attaching any other bills to it.  It might work.
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I by no means can speak for everyone (especially on this topic b/c there are way to many views, and way to many "different" types of Republicans/Democrats) But with that said here are a few differences I see.\n\n1. Most Republicans tend to side with Christianity. There was a new study that was released recently that said around 70% of people who attended church were Republican. (That may not be the exact #, someone please correct me with the exact # if they know it)\n\n2. B/C of the above statement, Republicans are more likely to vote to take away certain rights if they feel they are unethical. Examples include abortion/stem cell research.\n\nI think its really funny how the political climate is in the nation right now. People bash Republicans b/c they say they try to include their religion into the legal systems. They say b/c of "Separation of Church and State" that this is wrong. But when you look at any statistic they are always the same, the VAST majority of Americans believe in God/Angels. Also even though Democrats try and stick to separation of church and state, you will never see one not say something about God in a speech. Because in this country, if you deny God, you will not get elected to anything.\n\nSo anyway those are my beliefs. Some may be off alittle bit and some may not be. Don't know if this answer was helpful at all but its 6 in the morning and I'm tired lol
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That is one of the great dichotomies/ironies in politics:\n\nRepublicans are pro capital punishment, anti-abortion\nDemocrats are anti-capital punishment, pro-abortion\n\nApparently life only has a value if the other guy is against it.
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Republicans are smart folks just like Democrats - lil mutual respect between friends maybe. It's good that your friends are open minded, & you should be too. There are equally good reasons for everything on the republican agenda, and if they're actually conservatives I think you'll find they are pretty mad at how liberal Pres Bush's agenda has been. \n\nOn Abortion, I don't think it ought to be overturned, but I do think there are WAY too many of them & they should be restricted in several reasonable & practical ways that help people make good decisions. Pro-life candidates can't outlaw abortion, even if they won so much of the Congress to pass it as an amendment there wouldn't be enough states to approve it. However, what they can do is pass those restrictions I refered to, and so I can support them with no problems. As a side note, I think abortion is a sin, but that's between you & God, and he tells me (long about Romans) he's plenty capable of judging folks w/o my help.
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A few reasons:\n\n1. Republicans believe life is precious until you are born.\n\n2. They have successfully brainwashed the uneducated members of their party into believing only democrats are on welfare... the number of registered republicans on welfare is actually higher than democrats. There is a large concentration of white Republican welfare recipients in the Midwest states.\n\n3. They do not believe in the constitution that the Supreme Court based its ruling on in making abortion legal.
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I totally disagree with the death penalty, ( probably because of my christian background) I do believe that if somebody does something terrible that deserves a big punishment, then put him/her in jail for the rest of their life, let them miss all the great thing that life offers out of the jail's walls,  so they can think of what they have done until they died.\nthe main reason   why I am  against the death penalty is that once you are dead, you are  gone and that doesn't sound to much of a punishment,  is more like a slap on the wrist, it might be hard on the family of the convicted person, but not that much for the convicted himself,  plus it would be a very sad thing seen innocent people died for something they haven't done.
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I would think that Mitt Romney is Pro-life.  Or maybe he is like me, Pro-life, and Pro Choice.  Let me explain my Pro-choice, though,.  I believe that every woman in Ameica has choices, alot of choices, Depo- Nuva Ring, The patch, ortho-trycyclien, other pills, Norplant, etcc.  There is also the choice to have your tubes tied. If none of the above work, since when does the woman have to keep the baby, she could always give it up for adoption.   And then there is the Most Effective Choice of all- ABSTINENCE.  You don't want a baby, Don't have sex.  Murder should never be considered a viable choice, since there are many other choices available to women.
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Ain't that the truth\n\n They will kill their own baby and fight for the right to have abortions done later on in the pregnancy. \n\nBut they are against the death penalty and they fight for a killers rights.
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The short answer is that we live in a Democracy and death penalty laws are on the books because people (or their representatives) put them there.  There are usually four distinct groups of people involved and it cuts across party lines.  Large groups favor the death penalty and large groups oppose it for any number of good reasons.  Small groups who have lost someone to murder believe that the death penalty is "too good" for the perpetrator, but are not allowed to take the law into their own hands.  Small groups related to the murderer oppose the death penalty because of shame and the fact that they still love the perpetrator and find good excuses for him/her.\n\nOn top of all that, sensational murders committed by those who expect to escape punishment spur on society to support the death penalty.  Crimes against innocent children are particularly heinous.  And news that someone convicted of murder has been proven (by DNA tests?) to be innocent show the weaknesses in our judicial system.\n\nThe question really is not all that simple.  In New York state, the results of a close Governors race was likely determined on the death penalty issue.  The winner favored the penalty while the incumbent never used it based on personal beliefs.  Changing politics will always be involved.  Many will always feel that a barbaric murderer should know that he/she might face a barbaric fate.  And some feel that might save innocent lives.
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Republicans don't like abortion because they don't like women.  They need poor babies so that they can grow up without a decent education so that they can't get jobs leaving a great option....the military!   Republicans need live babies so they can raise them to be dead soildiers.   Most abortions entail a pill and a few days rest not a vacumn cleaner and chopping block slaughter as most republicans would have you believe.  Slaughtering innocent babies happens when smart bombs miss their targets.  Arnt you people supposed to be the party of small government staying out of my life?  You guys sure are hung up on what goes on in my bedroom, at the doctors office and on my phone.
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It amazes me in America, a country built on the foundation of Christianity, that we condone state sanctioned murder.  No matter a person's belief, the only person who has the right to take a life is God, Allah or whatever you may call him or her.  \n\nIf we are talking about punishment, life in prison is no cakewalk it's severe punishment.  If we are talking about costs, it costs LESS to house an inmate in prison for life than to put him or her on death row.  The appeals process is so costly and the person remains on death row for so long, that it costs the tax payers more to kill someone than to send them to prison for life.  Often times, when an inmate is murdered via state sanction, they are not even the same person they were when the committed the crime.  You have folks being "put to death" 20 years after they committed the crime. So the state is then murdering someone who is no longer the person who committed the crime...umm the point of that is WHAT?  \n\nAnd finally, the death penalty does not deter crime.  Low life murders don't stop murdering because they know they can get the DP.  Crime rates don't decrease because of the DP.  And if you are going to get a low life off other streets and they are sitting in prison for 20 years before getting iced, then just let em rot in prison. I am just glad that I ain't the one who has to pull the switch. I would never be able to sleep at night.
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Your question makes no sense at all. However, let's say that you had asked if pro-choice supporters would work hard for Democrats because of the recent appointments to the Supreme Court.\n\nThe extreme pro-choice (dare I say pro-abortion) crowd is extremely angry about the Alito confirmation (moreso than the Roberts confirmation, because Alito refused to say that Roe v. Wade is settled law). They are very angry at the 17 Democrats who voted for cloture (that is to end the filibuster, which could've been sustained if it had been supported by all 42 senators who eventually voted against the confirmation). This will likely dampen their enthusiasm for Democratic candidates in 2006 and 2008.\n\nAlso, it should be noted that the confirmation hearings and the attempt to filibuster Justice Alito should provide Republicans with some ammunition against Democrats.\n\nI don't think this will be a successful issue for the Democrats, however, as the most vocal opponents of the nominees are out of the mainstream of American thinking.
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its a hypocritical name that some people use. some people are only pro life in terms of a fetus, but they support the death penalty, which we all know has some problems.
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Great Question!  Made me think...not too many here do...here we go!\n\nNOT against Abortion....feel it is every woman's right to decide!\n\nWAS against Capital punishment UNTIL I went to a site called Prison Talk Forum and read what all the woman in the United States are on Death Row for.  Obviously I was surprised that SO many where there for killing their own children......and in alot of cases not just one child...multiple children.\n\nSo when I went to answer this question....I had to stop and actually think.  Am I right in my thinking that it is OK to terminate a fetus.....BUT.....at the same time hold these woman in so much CONTEMPT.\n\nI don't have an answer to the question...my heart says kill kill kill.....those precious children didn't deserve that.....especially from their mom.  My brain says....hmmmm.
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I certainly think that some people that are in favor of the death penalty are people that would murder as they have no value of life. Yes it is barbaric and wrong to lower your morals to that of the alleged perpetrator.
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In that case, they should call themselves "abortion opponents" rather than "pro life." Pro life is either all or nothing, not some lives.