5 of the 9 Supreme Court Justices are Catholic…

 

And yet they still ruled 7-2 that lethal injection is neither cruel nor unusual.

 

Immediately following the decision, several states started to end the moratoria on the death penalty. The Commonwealth of Virginia has an inmate scheduled to be executed in May and will be the first death penalty execution after the Courts decision.

 

John Paul Stevens voted with the majority but has also recently come out against the death penalty saying that he no longer believes it’s constitution. Stevens was new to the Court the last time the death penalty measure was before the court.

 

Last election cycle, the priest at my church talked about voting our conscience and voting our faith. He specifically mentioned that as Catholics we cannot support candidates that are not pro-life.

 

He said you can’t be Catholic and pro-choice, going on to say that we had a duty to protect all life. That got me thinking again.

 

If we can’t be both Catholic and pro-choice and we have a duty to protect all life, then we can’t be Catholic and pro-death penalty. The Vatican is VERY clear on it’s stance on the death penalty.