Those that favor capital punishment are they usually against abortion?
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I favor abortion, capital punishment and gun ownership
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yes, we do, and no, they cannot.\n\njudaism in general is not very pro-death penalty.\n\n"Although the Hebrew Bible has many references to capital punishment, the Jewish sages used their authority, and the demands for justice emphasized in the Bible, to make it all but impossible for a Jewish court to impose a death sentence. Even when such a sentence might have been imposed, the "cities of refuge" and other sanctuaries, were at hand for those unintentionally guilty of capital offences. It was said in the Talmud about the death penalty in Judaism, that if a court killed one person in seventy years, it was a barbarous (or "bloody") court and should be condemned as such.\n\nHistorically Rabbinic law developed a detailed system of checks and balances to prevent the execution of an innocent person, and these were so restrictive as to effectively legislate the penalty out of existence. The law requires that:\n\nThere must have been two witnesses to the crime, and these must conform to a prescribed list of criteria. \nThe witnesses must have verbally warned the person that they were liable for the death penalty \nThe person must then have acknowledged that he or she was warned, and yet then have gone ahead and committed the sin regardless. \nNo individual was allowed to testify against him or herself."\n\nif a person didn't meet all of the above critera, they were not allowed to be given a sentence of the death penalty. as well, according to the talmud, even if a person DOES meet all of these critera, if every member of the juror finds that person guilty, the criminal is automatically acquitted of his crime and set free.
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I think you're on the right track here in pointing out the hypocrisy of the "personal freedom" argument that baby killers use. How is killing an unborn child in support of the CHILD'S freedom? They always come back with "but it's not a child, it's a clump of cells". That's all they have, but I think they do know better in their hearts. They're just in denial, which is really sad.\n\nBTW, it is also not hypocrisy to be anti-abortion but pro-death penalty. Those folks who believe this are making the distinction between the taking of innocent life vs. taking the life of a person guilty of the heinous crime of murder. However, I personally do not support the death penalty either in ANY case. All people were put on earth for a reason and it should be left up to God to work his magic in their lives and help them come to see why their actions were wrong and change their hearts. They should be put in jail for life simply to protect the public from them in case they never change.\n\nEuthanasia is wrong as well. Those who are not inside a person's head to know for sure what they are thinking and what their wishes are should not make a decision to actively or passively take a person's life. Who are they to make the judgment that this person's life is no longer worth living?\n\nAnyway, I like that you are standing up for what you believe in. It's important that we all do that, no matter how persecuted we are by those who would silence us.
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I know you don't actually want an answer - you seem more interested in pontificating.  Be that as it may, it is perfectly easy to justify a belief in the legality of abortion vs. the legality of the death penalty.  For me, capital punishment is a governmental rights issue - that is, I do not believe the government has the right to deprive its citizens of life under any circumstances.  It's simply something the government should not be allowed to do, because allowing it for some people (odious though they may be) makes it easier to apply it for lesser crimes - a slippery slope argument, essentially.\n\nAbortion is a different issue, because (1) it is not the government depriving someone of life; (2) there's no scientific reason to argue that life begins at conception; and (3) if we assume life begins at conception, then all laws regarding children would apply to zygotes/fetuses, which would be unworkable in any society.
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That's the liberal thought, don't put to death convicted murderers and rapists, but kill all the babies you want to. Crack the little skulls open and suck their brains out. They love it.\n\n\nAnd by the looks of some of these answers it's pretty easy to see, the whacked out libs can actually rationalize this stuff. But you'll never get a reasonable answer.\n\nI'm kinda undecided on the death penalty. I been for it for a while but the bible does say "the wrath of man doith not the righteousness of God".\n\nAs far as abortion,... if you don't want to have babies, don't produce them. If you can't control yourself enough to keep from getting pregnant/getting someone pregnant, then you don't even need to be walking around with the rest of us.
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I believe that's taking it a bit too far. I consider myself to be anti-abortion but at the same time, I realize there are certain cases when abortions should be a choice for the woman just like how the death penalty and divorces should only be reserved for extreme situations. Those cases include rape, incest, performing the operation to save the woman's life, or finding out that the baby will be born so deformed that it'll die in less than a year.\n\nOn the other hand, I don't believe a woman should simply choose to have her own baby killed just because she decided to get drink just a little too much at last night's party or willingly gave in to her boyfriend because "[she] thought he loved [me]." When that happens, I'll have absolutely no respect for her if she chooses to go to one of those alley-way abortion clinics.
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Gallup published results of a death penalty poll in November 2004. Included are breakdowns by a variety of categories, including political affiliations, religious affiliations gender, and race. To answer your question, results showed 49% of African-Americans surveyed are opposed to the death penalty; 44% in support, 7% "no opinion"\n\nThis is as opposed to the statistics for white people: 71% for, 24% against, 5% no opinion.\n\nThe results are aggregate for years 2001 to 2004, and can be found here: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=23&did=1266
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I'm pro choice and freedom. Nobody has the right to force you to follow their beliefs. If you decide abortion is right for you, that is your choice to make and none of my business.\n\nI don't take the anti abortion crowd seriously because I have not seen one of them go out of their way to help some poor young mother or to care for the many starving and mistreated babies born to mothers incapable of caring for them.
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http://www.mcadp.org/LancetEditorial4_05.htm\n\nPersuading people to be against the death penalty
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I think you will find that most pro-abortion advocates are actually not in favor of late-term abortions.  Perhaps they should play the, "don't lump us in with your misconceptions" card on you.
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The Catholic Church is not just against abortion, it is pro-life in the widest sense. This is often called a "Consistent Ethic of Life."\n\nThis pro-life stance stresses the highest regard for dignity of human life including that of:\n- All people in objecting to unjust war and nuclear arms.\n- The unborn in objecting to to abortion, in fitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning\n- The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanazia\n- Prisoners in objecting to the death penalty\n- The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Everyone I personally know who is pro-choice disapproves of abortion. But it's not an issue of whether they think abortion is good or not.\n\nIt's an issue of whether the majority has the right to force the decision as a matter of law, and take that decision away from the individual. The whole debate is about WHO gets to make the choice.\n\nDo you know why China can mandate abortions and force sterilizations? Because reproductive choice is not a guaranteed right. Abortion is legal in the US because the Supreme Court has determined that reproductive rights are fundamental, and thus constitutionally protected. \n\nIf the Supreme Court decides that reproductive rights are not fundamental rights, and that the government gets to choose regardless of what the individual wants, then the government makes all the decisions. Try to imagine what could happen, if all reproductive rights are now subject to govt control.\n\nNew York or Florida could pass a law saying that anyone making less than $30K per year cannot have children, and must abort any pregnancy, because they obviously cannot support them financially. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer protected. \n\nOr North Carolina or Texas decides that convicted felons should never have children, and starts imposing mandatory sterilization as part of criminal sentences. No constitutional challenge, because reproductive rights are no longer nationally protected. \n\nOnce the right to reproductive privacy is taken away by the court, it will be decades before it can be reestablished. Conservatives better start praying, if they get their wish, that during that time they don't become the minority under a legislation that decides to require abortions. Because, once that right to personal choice is lost, the government will always be able to decide whether you can have children or not.\n\nDo you really want to abdicate that much of your personal freedom and choice to a group of politicians? Do people really want to live in a country where state legislatures can decide who can be pregnant, and who cannot, and who must? Do people really have that much trust and faith in government that they think the legislature will always make the right choices? Because we'll be stuck with those decisions.\n\nThe concept of reproductive freedoms is not whether you agree with the individual choices being made. It's whether you think the government should have the right to take away and mandate those choices.\n\nWhy can't people understand that freedom of choice is not a minority value, even if the majority happens to disagree with the minority's choice?
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Yes you can. I'm living proof. I have been to Iraq, I can say from personal experience that the vast majority of the Iraqis killed over there are insurgents. I would be lying if I said that innocent Iraqis aren't dying, but American soldiers aren't the ones targeting them, the terrorists are. I believe the death penalty should be an option for the most heinous crimes, since one who obviously has no respect for the lives of others should lose their life to pay for their crimes. It's really the only fair thing. I am also MOSTLY pro-life. I believe abortion should only be an option when the pregnancy puts the mother's life in jeopardy. How self-righteous do you have to be to believe that your point of view is the only valid one, and that everyone who doesn't think like you is an idiot? All you are doing is preaching your own intolerance and bigotry.
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Seems like it to me. I think the death penalty is bad for our culture. It doesn't do anyone good to support the murder of another. My friend who is pro life and pro death penalty says that people who have taken another life should lose theres. where as children who have not been born have not done anything wrong.
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How about this.\n\nI am personally opposed to abortion, but know where my business ends and someone Else's starts.\n\nLove and blessings Don
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I believe in capital punishment.  My problem with it is only that our contry does not practice it very much.
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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.