Separation of Church and State vs: The American Taliban.
Bible-based death sentence still tossed
Sometimes we win one but it's scary that this is happening more and more. The religious creeping into every aspect of our lives. I believe the bible has no place in the court AT ANY TIME and that includes when taking the Oath. If people want to use their faith to guide them that's one thing but to base a decision on punishment on text from the bible. The OLD testament no less. Where people were pretty much certifiable throughout the whole thing. Is an abomination in the truest sense of the word.
Whenever I argue the inconsistencies and cruelty of the old testament with fundies they always claim that the NEW testament changed all that. That god turned over a new leaf so to speak and abandoned all that fire and brimestone crap for the more politically correct peace, love and forgiveness lingo. I wonder if those wacko fundie jurists even considered the new testament in their deliberations. I doubt it ... these people are usually far more enthralled by the torture cruely and severe penalies so favoured in the old testament. It's SO much more satisfying ... don't ya think? [/sarcasm]
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