Molly Wilson O’Reilly, a practicing Catholic, pulls very few punches in this piece at The Atlantic. The context, of course, is the bishops’ efforts to ban Joe Biden from communion for his views on abortion. Here is a taste: It...
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Alabama Governor Signs Anti-Abortion Bill One Day and Plans to Execute Someone on the Next Day
Today I had a long conversation with New York Times reporter Adeel Hassan. He was trying to figure out how Alabama could execute a convicted murderer on the day after the state passed a very extreme abortion law. Here is his...
Wyoming Legislator: Without the Death Penalty, Jesus Would Not Have Been Able to Die for Our Sins
Wyoming just defeated a bill that would have ended the death-penalty in the state. Read all about it here. Several of the supporters of the bill made religious arguments for why the death penalty was immoral. And then there was...
National Association of Evangelicals: Christians Can Disagree on the Death Penalty
I am glad to see that the National Association of Evangelicals is moving in this direction. Here is a taste of the press release:Evangelical Christians differ in their beliefs about capital punishment, often citing strong biblical and theological reasons either...