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To: jwalsh07
This is not about whether it is unusual punishement to execute minors of a certain age, it is about SCOTUS usurping powers that rightfully belong to the states.

Executing a 5 yr old would be cruel and unusual in my opinion.

It is the people in those states who have the right, throught their elected officials, to decided what is moral and what isn't.

Sorry, incorrect. Elected officials don't decide what is moral. That is reserved for God.

213 posted on 03/01/2005 7:59:17 AM PST by Protagoras (" I believe that's the role of the federal government, to help people"...GWB, 7-23-04)
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To: Protagoras
Executing a 5 yr old would be cruel and unusual in my opinion.

This is a moral judgement made by you, not God. God has made his law well known, "Thou Shall Not Murder". I happen to agree with your statement and I most definitely agree with God. But that doesn't chnage the FACT that this power resides at the state level.

Sorry, incorrect. Elected officials don't decide what is moral. That is reserved for God.

Patently false. God is source of absolute truth. But men legislate morality. It is what legislators do. All law has a moral component and men and women are elected to legislate same. Not all men and women believ in God. Those officials are responsible to their citizenry and held responsible at the polling booth. Justice Kennedy and the Mousketeers answer to nobody which is why they do what they want when they want.

258 posted on 03/01/2005 8:12:05 AM PST by jwalsh07
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