Amnesty International doesn’t get it

“Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.”           –Coretta Scott King

Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Dr. King is widely regarded as one of the world’s great human rights leaders.

Today and every day, [we] stand together
to defend the full body of human rights that Dr. King so bravely and
eloquently espoused.

. . . 

“Morality is never
upheld by legalized murder,” [Coretta Scott King] said.

More killing is not the answer.  

Dr. King described violence as, “a descending
spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Returning violence
for violence multiples violence, adding deeper darkness to a night
already devoid of stars.” 

The above quote, eloquently invoking the King legacy in defense of human life, is excerpted from an e-mail that arrived in my inbox on Thursday. The sender?  Amnesty International, seeking my support for their campaign to abolish the death penalty.

This is the same Amnesty International that defends the taking of preborn human lives by abortion.  They say that pro-life efforts to extend human rights to the weakest members of our society are “misguided” attacks on the “right to health.”

Sorry, Amnesty International, but you just don’t get it.  Justice is never advanced in the taking of human life.