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[[File:Susan Jacoby.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Susan Jacoby]]
[[File:Susan Jacoby.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Susan Jacoby]]
The [[Atheism|atheist]] author Susan Jacoby wrote in her article '''''Atheism and death penalty''''':
The [[Atheism|atheist]] author Susan Jacoby wrote in her article ''[[Atheism and death penalty]]'':
{{Cquote|..Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]’s religious justification for the death penalty, which amounts to: God has the power of life and death and lawful governments derive their power from God; ergo, [[capital punishment]] is both morally and legally permissible. It is clear, however, that neither atheism nor religion per se is a predictable, decisive factor in public or individual attitudes toward capital punishment. However people choose to rationalize their position, capital puniishment is an emotional issue.
{{Cquote|..Justice [[Antonin Scalia]]’s religious justification for the death penalty, which amounts to: God has the power of life and death and lawful governments derive their power from God; ergo, [[capital punishment]] is both morally and legally permissible. It is clear, however, that neither atheism nor religion per se is a predictable, decisive factor in public or individual attitudes toward capital punishment. However people choose to rationalize their position, capital puniishment is an emotional issue.