Excellent! I have often replied when people question the church's position on the death penalty, that at least the Church is consistent. (The people who ask me this usually assume that I would oppose the church because I am a conservative). I always point out that I will be happy when the other side defends the rights of the unborn as vigourously as they do that of murderers.
Only in the most extreme circumstances, only when others cannot be protected in any other way. Which makes sense.
It is not an absolute opposition. Some clerics are completely opposed, but the Church is not.
**when the other side defends the rights of the unborn as vigourously as they do that of murderers.**
Excellent! I will remember and use that argument!