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On Thursday, Pope Francis amended an element of Catholic doctrine that governed the church’s view of the death penalty. It went from being a punishment reserved for the most stringent of circumstances to not being permissible at all. Of course, the liberal media were eager to seize on the change to browbeat pro-life conservatives for not being pro-life enough if they supported the way it was. CNN’s Chris Cuomo did exactly that during that night’s Prime Time.
Aside from pretending that Pope Francis spoke for all Christians instead of just Catholics, Cuomo lectured pro-life conservatives about their belief system. “The smart part is squaring the logic of being pro-life. If you believe you don't mess with life in one area, you don't mess with it period. It’s logical. And it plays to an inconsistency that we see here in America,” he opined. “Many who call themselves pro-life are also pro-death penalty.”
“So the question for you is are you pro-life? And if you say yes, do you mean just when it comes to a fetus? How about when it comes to a grave felon,” he pompously wondered. “Now, you may answer quickly and say ‘yes,’ but do you see that in the choices of your politics?”
Cuomo’s condescending pontifications about the morality of pro-lifers must also go the other way. For instance: On Thursday, Chris’s brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, announced that he would push a bill that would eliminate the death penalty for the state. But the Governor is also a staunch defender of abortion. Where’s Chris’s declarations of moral turpitude for him?
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. melanie.hunter
