I don't think believing that abortinon is murder is particularly conservative... I'm no too sure what to believe - I think that in the first few days it is no problem to abort otherwise you may as well say that everyone must use every single sperm and egg they have to create a new person. However, once it gets to a certain stage I really don't like the idea, especially if it's for some stupid girl who couldn't be arsed to use contraceptives.

As for believing that you should execute rape muderers... if you are a Christian, you should not believe in that. "Thou shalt not kill..." and all the stuff about not judging people. I believe that no human has the right to decide whether another dies or not, except if it is immediately necessary for the defence of others or youself. Isn't that why murderers are wrong? Because they kill people? What right do governors and judges have to say whether someone should die or not?
People should be put in prison if they break the law, to remove them from society, to make them suitable for society (in some cases) and as a deterrent. It should not be a punishment. Americans are so full of hate for others, and I can't believe how bent on revenge some people are if they think someone murdered someone in their family. It amazes me to hear of people who go to see people's executions so they can gloat. Someone who is bad enough to do that is just as bad as the murdered, and I have no sympathy for them.

One of the other reasons I am opposed to the death penalty is the time it takes to die, and the pain the victim suffers. If someone is condemned to death, that is it. They are sentenced to lose their life, not lose their life painfully. Gas chambers, electric chairs and lethal injections could all easily be painless, but the sadistic bastards make sure it really hurts. It makes you wonder who really deserves to die - the murderer, or the person that constantly executes people in a horrible way, and probably enjoys it.

If you are really a Christian (as a lot of die-hard conservatives are) you would believe that you should not punish them, just remove them from society so people are safe, and let God judge them when they are dead.