Liberal Logic

At least one lib­eral “gets it”:

I have never under­stood the stan­dard Demo­c­ra­tic combo of sup­port for abor­tion and yet oppo­si­tion to the death penalty. Surely it is the guilty rather than the inno­cent who deserve exe­cu­tion? Camille Paglia

Hat tip: The hum­ble Amy Scott.

Just to be clear, the Scrip­tures oppose abor­tion and sup­port the death penalty. The death penalty is one of three gov­ern­men­tal pun­ish­ments the Scrip­tures actu­ally advo­cate — the other two being cor­po­ral pun­ish­ment and resti­tu­tion — and it is empha­sized that the government’s author­ity to pun­ish the wicked is divinely ordained.

The Scrip­tures also teach that when pun­ish­ment is slow to come (if it comes at all), the wicked will just con­tinue to wax worse. Is a life­time in jail get­ting free room and board really a pun­ish­ment for heinous sins?