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The recent travesty in Illinois where a Catholic governor knuckled under to the position of the Catholic church and effectively did away with the death penalty should be a wake-up call to all Americans on the importance of the separation of church and state. Not to pick on the Catholics particularly, but religions tend to look for a foot in the door, and when they get it, look out. Religion is a private matter. Our Founders understood that.

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I don't think he did this because he was Catholic - more likely he did it because he saw there were holes in the justice system that a whale could have floated through.

I don't know all the details - so maybe I am just ignorant of some important facts......I suspect that Ryan had some good reasons for doing what he did......hopefully justice was served.

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for the record:

After I learned a bit about what Gov. Ryan has done, I must say that he has made a terrible mistake.