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It is sad to read that the foreign press and the governments of Israel and Germany view the United States as a place where Capital Punishment is  "Routinely used."  The theocratic government of Israel rarely uses Capital Punishment this German news article states. And the foreign ministers are asking that the precedent be kept.  The proponents of Capital Punishment in the U.S. that I hear say they stand on the Hebrew Scripture which paraphrased says, "Punishment is an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."  20th and 21st century advocates I hear say this is justification for, "a life for a life" and the death at the hands of the State of a person convicted of homicide by the State.  It completely ignores the religious teaching I was taught by my Christian theologians that this scripture is an example of moderation and forgiveness. Demonstrating that punishment should fit the crime and not exceed the damage done. Moreover the teaching of Jesus' time
IMHO - no I am sorry WTF? The Trump appointed courts in recent rulings have stood on the precedent: "The Plaintiffs have not been harmed by the particular law in question there for the law stands" As I am reading this issue: An employee of this, or any, anti-abortion clinic is being fired from their job because they have had an abortion. On the grounds that they have insulted the morals of the employer.  IMHO - this is BS.    The employer has suffered absolutely no damage from the employees actions. And there for has no grounds to discriminate against this employee. For what should be an entirely private and concealed matter between the employee and her physician.  The issue that the employer has suffered a restriction on their 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech is completely False because the employee's actions have zero consequence on the employer's speech.  Further the employer suffers absolutely no damage what so ever from the employment of an individual who has had
Lyrics Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing— Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king? The king was in the counting-house Counting out his money, The queen was in the parlor Eating bread and honey, The maid was in the garden Hanging out the clothes. Along came a blackbird And snipped off her nose. Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing— Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king? Aldrin was born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. on January 20, 1930, at  Mountainside Hospital  in  Glen Ridge, New Jersey . [1]  His parents,  Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.  and Marion Aldrin ( née  Moon), lived in neighboring  Montclair . [2]  His father was an Army aviator during  World War I  and the assistant commandant of the Army's test pilot school at  McCook Field , Ohio, from 1919 to 1922, bu