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The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty
(07-01-2015, 01:05 PM)Nately120 Wrote: That does seem like a gray area.  I'd have a hard time peddling a case to Jesus that it was ok that I went to a country killed people because the guys we sort of elected told us to go there because of something something.  Seeing as I'm cynical enough to attribute almost every war to the pursuit of sweet lucre, I just don't have faith that membership in a man-appointed army and carrying out the orders of men makes it as god-sanctioned as we may wish.
I guess US soldiers who killed Native Americans during the 1800s and earlier so the U.S. govt could steal their land get a pass also because they were killing their "enemy."





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RE: The Justices spar over the constitutionality of the death penalty - oncemoreuntothejimbreech - 07-01-2015, 01:26 PM

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