Justice Scalia says that Christian nations are less likely to oppose the death penalty -- a view his own Pope would find startling -- and "I attribute that to the fact that, for the believing Christian, death is no big deal." Especially if it is other people's death. Sean Wilentz had a good comment on this piece last Spring in NYT. jks
Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:[pointed out by the mysterious BuzzFlash]
God's Justice and Ours Antonin Scalia [...]
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