A Christian Liberal is NOT an oxymoron.

Posted by XT on October 31st, 2008 in World News

If for no other reason that for using a great word, this caught my eye:

“We were gobsmacked to discover that though the law was changed hundreds of years ago and society had moved on, the victims were never officially pardoned.”

It could be humorous – until you realize that people were actually tortured and women lived in mortal fear of being accused of being a witch.

Angels launched a Web site, pardonthewitches.com, to solicit signatures for their petition. They had between 150 and 200 by Friday morning, Angels spokesman Benjamin Webb said, but they hoped Halloween publicity would generate more.

Around 400 people were executed in England and some 4,000 in Scotland for alleged witchcraft, campaigners say.

The Witchcraft Act of 1735 put an end to trials of accused witches, but many still faced persecution and jail for other crimes such as fraud.

Then you realize that Wiccans are still demonized today. And consider that Elizabeth Dole wants North Carolinians to vote for her because someone who supports Kay Hagan doesn’t believe in God…

That we still lock people up indefinitely without a trial…That we torture them until they confess to something…

We haven’t come that far at all – have we?

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