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30 death penalty foes hold vigil (Group says it will hold a vigil on eve of every execution)
Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | January 26, 2005 | By Sara Lee Fernandez (Caller-Times)

Posted on 01/26/2005 7:13:29 AM PST by Paleo Conservative

Helen L. Montoya/Caller-Times

Sister Margaret Patrice
Bradley of the Sisters of the
Incarnate Word and the
Blessed Sacrament sings
during a prayer vigil for a stay
of execution for Troy Kunkle
and to show opposition to the
death penalty.

Sadness and concern marked the expressions of 30 people opposed to the death penalty who took part in an execution vigil for convicted killer Troy Kunkle Tuesday evening outside the convent next to Incarnate Word Academy.

Kunkle was administered a lethal injection at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday in Huntsville.

"We realize that there is an enormous amount of pain for the families of the victims," said Sister Irma Gonzalez, superior general of the Sisters of the Incarnate Word and the Blessed Sacrament. "We aren't saying these people didn't do wrong but we don't want to do the same thing they did."

Sister Irma is part of the South Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice, an organization whose goal is to have state lawmakers impose a moratorium on executions with the ultimate goal to abolish the death penalty.

"Strictly looking at it from a spiritual standpoint, God did not intend for us to take a life," Dennis Kennedy said after taking part in the vigil.

Kunkle, who was convicted of the 1984 killing of Steven Wayne Horton, had received five stays of execution. The latest stay was issued Nov. 18 when the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in to consider his case. That stay was lifted last month.

Sister Rose Miriam Gansle said after the vigil that the move to re-examine the use of the death penalty seems to be growing.

"I believe that we need to create a culture of peace," she said.

Sister Rosa Ortiz said the alliance has always held prayer groups on the eve of executions but decided to hold a public vigil on Tuesday.

She said there would be a vigil on the eve of every execution in Texas.

Contact Sara Lee Fernandez at 886-3767 or fernandezs@caller.com


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty
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To: Paleo Conservative

I never really understood the whole concept of the candlelight vigil. What is its point exactly?


21 posted on 01/26/2005 7:34:13 AM PST by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Publius Valerius

You might very well be religious, but you are NOT a Christian, so I wasn't taling about you.


23 posted on 01/26/2005 7:36:01 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Some of the people responding to this thread are apparently Catholic, as are the nuns leading the prayer vigils. Anyone who wants to know the Catholic position on the death penalty would do well to consult the website of Priests for Life, a respected, orthodox and conservative group working primarily against abortion.
24 posted on 01/26/2005 7:37:01 AM PST by madprof98
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Who says I'm not a Christian? I enjoyed a fine Jesuit education.


25 posted on 01/26/2005 7:37:08 AM PST by Publius Valerius
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To: Rodney King
What is its point exactly?

Hell if i know. You're asking the wrong person.

26 posted on 01/26/2005 7:37:23 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
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To: Publius Valerius

taling=talking


27 posted on 01/26/2005 7:38:34 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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To: Publius Valerius

Whatever.


29 posted on 01/26/2005 7:39:13 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Brilliant response. I'm sorry, tell me how my concerns about the deeply flawed process is perverting the word of the Lord. Please.

You want me to cite some scripture, too? I can do that. What about the Sermon on the Mount--you know, pretty much the foundation of the Christian faith. What does Christ say there?

Matthew 5:38-39

Ye have heard that it hath been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.


30 posted on 01/26/2005 7:42:50 AM PST by Publius Valerius
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To: kphockey2

Satan will work the people against God's Word from all angles, and evidently, quite successfully, with so many "candle vigilantes" doing their pro-abortion, anti-death penalty, anti-Christian, pro-queer, etc. thing.


31 posted on 01/26/2005 7:45:32 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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To: kphockey2

AMEN, a THOUSAND times!!!!!!!!!!


32 posted on 01/26/2005 7:46:14 AM PST by Rca2000 (Helping to swing the swing state of Ohio to "W")
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To: Publius Valerius

That turning the other cheek is not a command to be a doormat, it's pertaining to being attacked for your faith.

I can't pretend to know anything about your Jesuit education, so I can only say they either teach confusion, or didn't get through to you.

No amount of Scripture quoting will help you, because some of the Verses have already been pointed out by Rodney King in post 4. You want to dispute that all Scripture is inspired by the Holy Spirit.

I'll pray for you.


33 posted on 01/26/2005 8:00:15 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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To: Paleo Conservative
We have our own group of these bozos in College Station. They stand outside the main entrance to Texas A&M and protest every night of an execution. However, they are mostly the "International Answer" type.
34 posted on 01/26/2005 8:03:23 AM PST by COEXERJ145
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To: Paleo Conservative

I bet there is real good money in the public protesting of criminal justice. There are contributions, publicity and, maybe, a movie script involved. There must be little profit in a vigil honoring the killer's victims because, afterall, they deserved what they got. No, it is a vigil honoring the criminal that brings major returns, psychic and material, to these idiots.


35 posted on 01/26/2005 8:17:39 AM PST by Tacis (Democrats! - When You Need America Blamed Or A Pool Peed In!!)
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To: Paleo Conservative


36 posted on 01/26/2005 8:27:50 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Right. And I suppose the part about not judging really means to judge everyone, right?

I must have missed that day when class when the Jesuits talked about that footnote that Christ dropped in the Sermon on the Mount that says "Oh, all of this only applies to people that attack your belief in God."

It's good that you're praying, though. I only hope that you're also praying for the fellow that was executed, too. Matthew 5:43-48.


37 posted on 01/26/2005 10:31:48 AM PST by Publius Valerius
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To: Paleo Conservative
"We aren't saying these people didn't do wrong but we don't want to do the same thing they did."

We aren't doing the same thing they did.

38 posted on 01/26/2005 10:33:53 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: Paleo Conservative

With all due respect to these ladies, WHAT ABOUT HOLDING A VIGIL FOR THE VICTIMS OF THESE MONSTERS? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I am tired of this stuff !


39 posted on 01/26/2005 5:04:06 PM PST by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Publius Valerius

We leave it to the court to judge.

I think you probably missed a lot of days.

You're all wet, or the Jesuits are all wet and taught you that state or federal matters are what Jesus was talking about there. The way you go about using this Scripture, no one should ever be charged with any crimes.

I am convinced there is no getting through to you without the guidance of the Holy Spirit knocking you upside your head, so this will be my last response to you.

Good night.


40 posted on 01/26/2005 7:48:00 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian ( Do laws that restrict you and remove gov't's restrictions make you feel more safe?><BCC>)
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