Religious Coalition Urges Rejection of Execution Bill

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
RICHMOND, Va. — Apr 18, 2016, 3:18 AM ET

A coalition of several hundred religious leaders is urging Virginia lawmakers to reject a proposal to conceal the identities of pharmacies supplying drugs to be used in executions.

Several representatives of the interfaith coalition are scheduled to discuss their objections at a news conference Monday at the General Assembly Building in Richmond.

Lethal injection drugs have been hard to obtain in Virginia and other states. That situation prompted Del. Jackson Miller to propose allowing Virginia to use the electric chair if drugs aren't available.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe stripped the electric chair provision and replaced it with one allowing the state to obtain the drugs from pharmacies whose identities would be kept confidential to protect them from critics. The religious coalition says the secrecy amendment would improperly shield pharmacies from accountability.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/religious-coalition-urges-rejection-execution-bill-38475000

[merrily]

1. This shows that making common cause on an issue by issue basis is possible.

Apparently, lay Democrats like me would rather keep demonizing each other along party lines than work with lay Republicans on issues of agreement, such as clean streams.

http://jackpineradicals.org/showthread.php?8786-A-Modest-Proposal-Partition-or-Secession

Seems counter-productive and self-defeating.

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2. There's quite a bit people can agree on.

But that requires a healthy ego.

[merrily]

3. Maybe....it requires saying "Enough" to the Divide et Impera game that

keeps everything exactly as it is.