"Public debate today gives the impression that God cares about two issues in 21st- century USA—abortion rates and tax relief. No one makes the point that this same God might be offended by other desecrations of human life, too—sex trafficking that enslaves thousands of women, toxic waste dumping, the poverty rate, handgun deaths, war-mongering, racism, working conditions in slaughterhouses and coal mines, neglect of prisoners, neglect of the mentally ill, the stockpiling of nuclear weapons."
Ray Waddle
Columnist and former religion editor (The Tennessean)
"We are talking about a person's life. We should put our pride aside and look at it from the standpoint of, first of all, getting the right person that committed the crime. And then, if we are going to seek to deal out the punishment, make sure that person that we are seeking it against deserves it."
Craig Watkins
Dallas County district attorney, on capital punishment in light of investigations that have exonerated more than 20 convicted felons in Dallas County alone (D Magazine)
"Yes, I'm old, but I can still do my job."
Pope Benedict XVI
Joking with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (AP/RNS)
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