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Supreme Court Considers Slippery Slope of Death Penalty Prayer
posted on November 10, 2021Daniel Silliman of Christianity Today reports that during recent oral arguments, conservative Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of a death-row inmate’s religious liberty claims. The case, which centers on the right of a death row inmate to have his pastor touch him during his execution, may present a slippery slope. Silliman writes, “If the United States Supreme Court says a condemned man has the religious right to have his pastor touch his foot while the state injects a lethal dose of chemicals into his veins, then will the court also have to allow a pastor to touch a man’s hand, his head, or even the place where the needle pierces the skin?”