Where were the bishops when Troy Davis died?

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6. The bishops were silent because capital punishment is not as "pure" of a Repub issue as abortion.

Things like capital punishment and warmongering don't cut down partisan lines like abortion. And the RCC exploits this to shame their flocks into voting Republican every election. You can almost set your calendar to it. Any time we're within a year of a national election, the priests come out and pound the podium against abortion and tell you why you don't vote for "certain" candidates (Democrats). Meanwhile, Right to Lifers stick their flyers with their endorsed candidates on your windshields while mass is taking place. And the endorsed candidates are all Republican.

I always thought the RCC was against capital punishment and the wars we've recently waged, support economic justice and the like. But you rarely hear those issues addressed during mass and never hear them addressed with the fire and brimstone tone that abortion gets during an election year.

The RCC hierarchy is run by a bunch of extreme RW Republicans. Simple as that.