We, the comrades of Unit 1012, strongly
denounce the work of Helen Prejean on ending the death penalty. Her Book, ‘Dead Man Walking: The Eyewitness Account Of The Death Penalty That Sparked a National Debate’, is a Book full of
lies, which we recommend people not to read it. We will post two articles, one
of them which is praising her, the other is condemning her before we give our
thoughts.
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A Nun and a Movie Star Walk
Into a Bar...
June 19,
2013
By Denny LeBoeuf,
Okay, it
was a restaurant, in New Orleans, where Sister Helen Prejean ate crawfish with
Susan Sarandon and the movie "Dead Man Walking" was birthed. Listen to 2 very funny
minutes of Sister Helen talking about this meeting.
But
before there was a movie – or for that matter, an opera, a play, and an album –
there was the book that inspired them. DEAD MAN WALKING: An Eyewitness
Account of the Death Penalty in America by Sister Helen Prejean is twenty
years old. A book that is at heart a great story, not a polemic or a piece of
propaganda, but a story that lets people see what the death penalty is, what it
does, and, for many readers, why it must be ended.
The book
was re-released yesterday by Random House, with a new afterward by the author,
by Susan Sarandon (who played Helen in the movie) and by the movie's director
and author of the play, Tim Robbins. The new foreword is by Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, who is of course himself a committed abolitionist. It has been a
bestseller in many languages, and is credited by many as having begun the
dialogue that continues to change the way Americans see the death penalty. As
the Archbishop says:
While we [in South Africa] held our national "Truth and Reconciliation Commission" hearings and struggled to rebuild South Africa, people around the world were also making the connections and learning about the death penalty---how racist, unfair, and broken it is—and slowly a new global movement for the abolition of the death penalty began. At the heart of that movement was Dead Man Walking, this extraordinary, moving, historic book by Sister Helen Prejean.
Sister
Helen was on The Rachel Maddow Show last night, and displayed the authenticity
and clarity of her moral vision that made such a profound difference in this
global movement toward abolition. As the website for the new edition, www.DMW20.org notes, the ACLU has been a part of that
effort both before and after it established the Capital Punishment
Project in 1974. (The picture above shows Sister Helen celebrating with staff
and volunteers of CPP at a visit to our offices in Durham, NC in 2011.)
There
will be a number of events around this 20 year anniversary. Helen will be
interviewed on radio's Democracy Now and by Andrea Mitchell today; in
the coming weeks there will be other speeches and interviews. As always, she
will talk about how her experience took her someplace few Americans get to see,
and how she was compelled to take us all on that journey with her. As she did
on the Maddow show last night, she will speak about the importance of not
preaching to people, but giving them some facts so they could make up their own
minds. She will do it with honesty, respect for her readers and listeners, and
she will do it with humor.
That
humor – like the title of this blog – may unsettle some people. What's funny
about the death penalty, after all? But listen to Sister Helen Prejean in one
of these interviews or in the pages of her books, and you understand that her
humor co-exists with a profound appreciation of the suffering of murder victims
and their loved ones, as well as the condemned and their families. You will
find that humor, like love, compassion, and a thirst for justice, is a part of
Sister Helen Prejean and a part of the movement to end the death penalty.
But listen to Sister Helen Prejean in one of these interviews or in the
pages of her books, and you understand that her humor co-exists with a profound
appreciation of the suffering of murder victims and their loved ones, as well
as the condemned and their families. You will find that humor, like love,
compassion, and a thirst for justice, is a part of Sister Helen Prejean and a
part of the movement to end the death penalty.
RESPOND: NO WAY! We, the comrades of Unit 1012: The VFFDP,
know for sure that Helen Prejean DOES NOT show any support for murder victims
and their loved ones. She only shows support for her murderers and for evil. We
are the one who truly care for the grieving victims and their families.
If
she claims that she care for the victims’ families, then she needs to DENOUNCE
the ACLU Demons. She can be a good friend of the ACLU Attorney, Denny LeBoeuf,
which we denounce her work of loving and coddling evildoers.
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Sister Prejean's Spin Insults the
Preborn
Monday,
January 17, 2011 - By Judie Brown
This past
Friday Judge
Andrew Napolitano, Catholic host of Fox Business Channels Freedom Watch,
conducted an interview
with anti-capital punishment activist Sister Helen Prejean.
Napolitano introduced her as a leading voice in the anti-death-penalty movement
and the pro-life movement.
The
interview came about because of the monstrous crimes in Arizona including the
brutal murder of nine-year-old Christina-Taylor
Green.
Sister
Helen Prejean's position is clear in that she is absolutely opposed to the use
of the death penalty in any case. She further claims that, during a
conversation she had with Pope John Paul II, he concurred in her perspective
and developed the Church teaching to the point where, in her opinion, abortion,
euthanasia and capital punishment are all regarded with the same degree of
moral gravity, meaning that the use of capital punishment is no different than
aborting a preborn child. Prejean's position is similar to that of the 1980
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops position.
When
Napolitano asked Prejean about violence in society and the cultural response to
it, even when considering a crime as dastardly as the Arizona shooting spree,
Prejean should have pointed out that in a society gone mad with thirst for the
blood of the preborn baby it is not surprising that all manner of violence,
including the tragic acts of a maniacal human being like Jared Loughner, should
not be shocking. Rather if one examines what violence actually is, Loughner's
heinous crimes are on par with those of any practitioner of abortion.
Sadly,
Prejean never once tied the inhumane, grisly murder of innocent children prior
to birth with the defense she offered for the Loughners of the world by arguing
that violence should never beget violence. She is correct of course, except
that when that violence is protected by law, it becomes a right. That itself is
remarkably horrifying.
As a
Catholic, Prejean should understand the fundamental teaching of the Church on
abortion and capital punishment because there is a nuanced difference.
On abortion, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states,"Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law."
On abortion, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states,"Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law."
On the
death penalty, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states, "Today, in
fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively
preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of
doing harm, without definitely taking away from him the possibility of
redeeming himself, the cases in which the execution of the offender is an
absolute necessity are very rare, if not practically non-existent."
In other
words, abortion is a crime against God while the death penalty is the exercise
of a type of civil punishment in response to a heinous crime that is to be used
rarely, if at all.
This distinction, if made, brings home the grave evil of abortion in a way rarely considered by a culture that prefers to place perpetrators of some crimes in the role of victim while avoiding the reality of other crimes by hiding behind unjust laws.
This distinction, if made, brings home the grave evil of abortion in a way rarely considered by a culture that prefers to place perpetrators of some crimes in the role of victim while avoiding the reality of other crimes by hiding behind unjust laws.
If, as
Prejean said on the program, government-approved killing doubles the homicide
rate in countries where the death penalty is approved, what then occurs when
the mass murder of babies is government approved? Prejean says the message of
capital punishment, which she defines as violence, is that when you have a
problem with somebody, "takin' 'em out is the answer."
That's
what pro-aborts say as well, Sister. So why did you not connect the dots for
Napolitano and his audience by exposing the bloodiest criminal acts ever
approved by any government in the history of the human race, abortion?
Shame on
you, Sister Prejean! The unintended consequence of your failure to point this
out is the continuing societal ignorance on the truth about abortion and its
victims.
COMMENTS BY READERS ON THIS ARTICLE:
Kirby Voss | 2013-01-15 21:39:31
I am
baffled by the very concept of this article. Baffled. Of the millions of people
you could "shame," you chose one who is fighting a moral battle
different, but in alignment with, from your own? Abortion is wrong. So is the
death penalty. Sister Prejean choses to bettle the death penalty. Why condem
her for it? That is the same as condeming Jesus for saving the adulterer, but
not condeming the Romans for their brutal wars. He picked his battles. So did
she. Who are you to judge Sister Prejean when Jesus judged no one? Fighting
your allies opnly helps your enemies.
Dwain Currier | 2013-01-18 09:11:37
SIster
Prejean mistakenly gives to capital punishment the same grave moral consequence
as abortion, when in fact the Catholic Church teaches otherwise. Abortion is
always wrong and its legality is always wrong. The same cannot be said of
capital punishment. Only its application can be wrong.
Carol Hillman | 2012-05-23 13:02:14
Preborn?
That's a new term to me! Either someone is born or is a FETUS. People who would
deny a woman the right to choose are way too concerned with fetuses. Moreover,
the war against women is more connected to our violent society than the right
to choice!
Dwain Currier | 2012-05-23 16:37:49
Your
comparison is incorrect. While pre-born refers to a child's stage of birth,
fetus refers to a child's stage of developmental growth. A fetus can still be
born as in the case of a miscarriage. Such a child could be referred to as a
miscarried or stillborn fetus.
Bill Beckman | 2011-01-19 13:27:48
I was
present at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL about 7-8 years ago when
Sister Prejean gave a talk opposing the death penalty. I went up to her after
her talk to tell her that every point she made applied exactly the same way to
abortion. She claimed she opposed abortion, even though she had never made any
reference to abortion in her talk. After seeing other articles about her work
opposing the death penalty and who she interacted with, I concluded that she
would never touch abortion because she would lose support for her cause from
those who support abortion, but oppose the death penalty, and she was not
willing to take that risk. Can you imagine how differently she would be treated
by the lamestream media if she publicly opposed abortion as well as the death
penalty?
Luis Howard for the Howard Family | 2011-01-18
15:45:05
JMJ You
are 100% correct, as usual, Judy. Now, who has the responsibility to correct
Prejean? Even given the hierarchical nature of authority in our Holy Church,
there must be someone who has that responsibility. How do ordinary Caholics put
pressure on that person? Is it Prejean's local bishop? Who is he? How do we
contact him? Let's not stop at saying "Shame on you, Prejean." Let's
take care of this problem.
Joe | 2011-01-18 13:20:13
I
generally now use the term "prenatal homicide" instead of the dry
clinical term "abortion". I urge everyone else in the unborn human
rights movement to do the same.
Mary Fortino | 2011-01-18 12:43:23
I find
especially the failure of some of our bishops and religious very disturbing
when they cannot see the difference between an innocent unborn child and a
convicted felon. The unborn often has no one speaking up for it's right to life
and the other hired attorneys and family asking that their life be spared. Some
how the death penalty is considered cruel and unusual punishment yet
dismemberment of the unborn okay. Very disturbing indeed.
Beverly McCormick | 2011-01-18 08:25:53
AMEN! I
couldn't agree more. Too often, tv hosts and their guests fail to bring out the
entire truth of very important issues, thus allowing for the continued
perpetration of evil.
Ken Fitzgerald | 2011-01-17 21:00:24
The
Catholic Catechism, sections 2265-2267 shows that the Church recognizes that a
legitimate government, to achieve or maintain peace or the common good, must
have recourse to capital punishment. But the Catechism recognizes no time that
abortion will be helpful.
Grace Harman | 2011-01-17 20:30:57
Remember
"Humanae Vitae"? Within the Catholic Church there was an uproar among
Church leaders that caused Many to speak out against it. This
"Dissent" set an example to Catholic leaders to listen to the
pro-abortion and population control-ers. That is why we have pro-abortion
politicians to this day. Did the Bishops ever recant the shameful statement of
dissent? I have heard that poor nations did, but not those in the U.S. and
Europe. If that is so this may be why we still suffer the scourge of abortion.
John Peters | 2011-01-17 18:17:03
Almost
everyone is willing to talk about saving the tiny number of criminals subject
to the death penalty, but Prejean and her sympathizers rarely talk about the
50+ million babies murdered in their mothers' wombs.
Vince | 2011-01-17 16:38:52
Sister
Prejean: Mollycoddling the abortionists only inspires more hatered and
contempt. If you're ashamed now, I'm sure Jesus will be ashamed of you later.
Chantell | 2011-01-17 15:40:18
What is
Helen Prejean's problem? Why is she so preoccupied with fighting against the
death penelty? Why doesn't she focus more on abortion or euthanasia? What
business does she have saying capital punishment is the same as abortion or
euthanasia? Chantell Snyder
OUR
THOUGHTS:
To Helen Prejean who is Anti-Death
Penalty and claim to be against abortion, please stay away from the ACLU Demons
who are Anti-Death Penalty (Pro Murderers) and Pro Choice. Do not associate
yourself with them anymore, we rather you join the Priests for Life and other
Pro-Life Groups, in dedicating themselves (full time) to end abortion.
Allying yourself with the ACLU
Demons to end the death penalty, reminds us of what Albert Einstein in private
conversation relating to the Reichskonkordat said:
"Since when can one make a pact with Christ and Satan at the same time?”
Reichskonkordat
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We, the comrades of Unit
1012, prayed to Jesus Christ to defeat the ACLU Demons in Proposition 34 and he
answered us. We wish you can be more like Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen, who played a part in ending Aktion T4, by speaking out
against evil. He was quoted as saying on his August 3, 1941 sermon:
"Thou shalt not kill." God engraved this commandment on the souls of men long before any penal code... God has engraved these commandments in our hearts... They are the unchangeable and fundamental truths of our social life... Where in Germany and where, here, is obedience to the precepts of God? [...] As for the first commandment, "Thou shalt not have strange gods before me," instead of the One, True, Eternal God, men have created at the dictates of their whim, their own gods to adore: Nature, the State, the Nation, or the Race.
While he was speaking against euthanasia
and the Gestapo, we strongly believe that Bishop Von Galen would speak out
against murderers and the ACLU Demons if there were people like him. Helen
Prejean, learn from him! We know that if you speak out opposing both capital
punishment and abortion, the ACLU Demons will split from you, which is the
right thing to do.
The
Lion of Münster, Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen
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