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America as a bad Example
Different nation states have different death penalties. Iran for example allows women to be stoned to death for improper sex. This is barbaric behavior. Most of the civilized world with the exception of the United States has denounced the death penalty.

Of the nations that still practice the death penalty, much of the intellectual justification to the community of nations is that "America is doing it - so it must be acceptable." America can be seen as a justification for other countries to kill people for religious transgressions. It raises the question if America's death penalty is an indirect cause for unjust executions in other nations, and if America renounces the death penalty that other nations could be pressured into stopping their unjust executions as well. The world would be a better place if America set an example of wisdom rather than an example of revenge.
 
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Newsflash
Marc Perkel, the founder of the Church of Reality is now listed on the American TSA list as a terrorist suspect. The TSA (US Transportation Security Administration) maintains a "selectee list" which lists people who are flagged for heightened security screening. This list, which has not caught a single real terrorist, is used mostly as a political enemies list against activists who are speaking out against government abuses of power.

"In some ways this is a badge of honor", states Marc Perkel, First One of the Church of Reality. In this environment of repression of non-Christian religions in America, if you aren't on the TSA list you aren't getting your message out. I consider it to be an acknowledgement that I'm doing my job."

This selectee list is not the worst list that the TSA has. Marc is not on the no fly list which would have prevented him from flying at all. This is just a harassment list that the US government keeps to intimidate activists.

As a result, the United States of America is now on the Church of Reality list of nations who are hostile to Realism and Realists and the US is a nation that is moving in a dangerous direction towards oppressing religious freedom.
 
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