[ConservativeInPA]

This may sound a bit weak for a Catholic, but does “render unto Caesar” apply here? DeSantis is doing his executive duty to enforce existing law. That’s quite different than getting or preforming an abortion. There’s no law saying if you get pregnant and the whim strikes you that you have to murder your baby.

Being a former Protestant I’ve had to struggle with my stance on the death penalty. One rationale is that Christ himself was accepting of capital punishment, although there’s no Bible verse to support that. I’ve always been anti-abortion, so that’s never been an issue. I tacitly go along with being anti-capital punishment, but frequently find myself advocating it for rhetorical purposes to essentially say a murderer should receive the most severe of punishments. Then again, I’m not upset when a murderer receives life in prison instead of the death sentence. That I consider a far worse punishment.

[maro]

The Torah permits the death penalty for some offenses.

[AnAmericanMother]

The magistrate does not bear the sword in vain. Romans 13:4.

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