[Truth]

DevilsWin, you are being rather selective in your interpretation of the US Constitution. First of all, "cruel and unusual punishment" is a vague concept and is open to interpretation and definition. Of course, much of the document is somewhat vague since it gives very few absolutes.

Your thesis that one is a hypocrit if he supports capital punishment but not abortion is without constitutional merit. You seem to like to cite the US Consitution. Let me direct you first to the Declaration of Independence, scientific evidence, and then to the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution.

The Declaration of Independence immediately states that we have certain unalienable rights (that means God-given rights that cannot be infringed upon by we human beings). As you know, those rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Note which is first: life. Thus, it can be conclusively argued that, by our own founding document, the formers of our nation acknowledged that there is a God-given right to life.

Scientific evidence is clear that, once conception occurs, a separate human life is in existence. To argue otherwise is to be ignorant of science. Thus, the preborn should always be included as part of those who have unalienable (God-given) rights.

Now, for the Fourteenth Amendment. Two of the major rights contained in that amendment are "equal protection" and "due process". Equal protection means that all, and that means all, under the jurisdiction of our laws are entitled to that right.

The right of due process is what separates the death penalty from abortion. Surely no one can argue that those sentenced to death don't receive due process before the sentence is carried out. They get appeal after appeal, review after review, stall after stall, reprieve after reprieve. The due process is endless.

But, on the other hand, what due process is received by the innocent preborn? Clearly and sadly, the answer is absolutely none.

If one wants to opppose capital punishment, I believe he must do so by arguing that the unalienable right to life(God-given) is an absolute right and cannot be contradicted regardless of the nature of the crime of the offender. However, one cannot argue against capital punishment using opposition to abortion as being contradictory because the two are not related- constitutionally or otherwise.

By the way, congressman, I very much approve of your answer to my question to you.