That Culture of Life Idea

Catholics seem to be making the connections,

Support for capital punishment among Roman Catholics in America has dropped below 50 percent, according to a poll released Monday as part of a new anti-death penalty campaign by Catholic bishops.

The poll, conducted in November by Zogby International for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, showed that 48 percent of Catholic Americans support the death penalty while 47 percent oppose it.

Past surveys put Catholic support for the death penalty as high as 68 percent.

With the release of the poll at the start of Holy Week, church leaders announced the Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty.

"For us, this is not about ideology but respect for life," said Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C., where the initiative was announced. "We cannot teach that killing is wrong by killing. We cannot defend life by taking life."

Hey, a life is a life, so it is good to see that Catholics are adopting this as a part of a general Culture of Life argument. I don't necessarily buy all the components that are being advocated by the idea, but the Anti-Death Penalty portion is certainly something that should be emphasized. However, its doubtful that most on the right will make it a priority.

Full Article at the Houston Chronicle.