Need some insght on an article in Liguorian

[BOBKAT]

Hello everyone.

Just read an article on Sister Helen Prejean she is an advocate against the death penalty and a pretty good one at that. My problem is in reading the article she mention that her friend Justice Ruth Badar Ginsburg told her that Scalia was annoyed at her for writing her book. Now please help me with this, here is a nun who can call a abortion on demand judge a friend but give Scalia a hard time for not seeing her point on the death penalty. I personally do not like the death sentence and would find it extremely difficult to send someone to death. I can say this because my father was murdered and not once did I want to seek that justice, God has graced me enough to allow Him to do it. My problem is how can Sister call a pro-choice judge a friend. Isn’t abortion a greater evil and shouldn’t the death penalty and abortion be fought together since they are both death sentences. I am really disturbed by this.

Some (name removed by moderator)ut desperately needed

God Bless
Kathleen

 

[Zooey]

Sister Helen Prejean is indeed eloquent in her words on capital punishment, & when she speaks to this subject, I agree with her.

Sadly, in interviews that she gave during the period of Terri Schiavo’s forced starvation, it became clear that while she opposes the death penalty, she had no problem with Terri’s being deprived of food & water…It therefore does not surprise me that she would be friends with a judge who is pro-abortion.

As I say, I think that this is very sad, and that Sister Helen needs prayer…

 

[John_Higgins]

Ah, I see, one can only have friends who agree with you. How boring would that be!

John

 

[BOBKAT]

I didn’t mean that what I meant is that she seems to have no problems with befriending a person who is a huge pro-choice advocate. And one more thing is aren’t we judged by the company we keep. I have many friends who are in disagreement with me on many issues but the fundamentals we agree on. So Sister is keeping bad company in my mind. She is sending a mixed message which isn’t good.

Thanks for the (name removed by moderator)ut.
Kathleen

Who better to defend the tried and convicted or the unborn?

 

[BibleReader]

BOBKAT:

Hello everyone.

Just read an article on Sister Helen Prejean she is an advocate against the death penalty and a pretty good one at that. My problem is in reading the article she mention that her friend Justice Ruth Badar Ginsburg told her that Scalia was annoyed at her for writing her book. Now please help me with this, here is a nun who can call a abortion on demand judge a friend but give Scalia a hard time for not seeing her point on the death penalty. I personally do not like the death sentence and would find it extremely difficult to send someone to death. I can say this because my father was murdered and not once did I want to seek that justice, God has graced me enough to allow Him to do it. My problem is how can Sister call a pro-choice judge a friend. Isn’t abortion a greater evil and shouldn’t the death penalty and abortion be fought together since they are both death sentences. I am really disturbed by this.

Some (name removed by moderator)ut desperately needed

God Bless
Kathleen

Whereas abortion is nearly always wrong (not “always” wrong – if it’s one of those now-rare choices between loosing *both *mommy and baby, or *just * the baby by abortion, we are actually morally required to abort), the death penalty is not clearly wrong.

For example, is it immoral for a government to publicly pass a law saying that the penalty for nuclear terrorism (which kills millions of people with the press of a button) is “death”? I doubt it.

Ya pays yer money and ya takes yer chances.