Thanks to all those who supported my position

Margaret Murphy
Published: June 28, 2008

To all who were in support of my editorial, to those who called me and told me what a good editorial it was, I thank you. It hurts the heart to read the ruling that child rape doesn’t justify the death penalty and that most Americans feel that it doesn’t. One would wonder what does merit punishment with people, but it doesn’t really come as a surprise. Look at our society.  This doesn’t mean that we stop obeying the law however. There are other things to be done, other sanctions. It would be good to see honest and honorable men and women fill the seats in the legislature and on the supreme court. 

We can double the protection of our children, although it already seems to be a 24-hour job to protect them from predators, but what we must not do is let ourselves become poisoned by the rulings that
hurt us. 

We must not give up on our lives and the beauty that God has given us or on our society as a whole. Yes, in one sting alone they arrested 7000 people here and internationally that prey upon children,
and to our shame there were a large majority of people arrested that were in positions of trust, but there are a million more over the 7000 arrested that protected children. Although we must shield the
children, we must not make them think that everyone in life is bad. 

This requires commitment to the children, but they are with us for such a little time. You blink and they are grown, and then you have as much time and money to do whatever you want and they are not
left with a stranger or someone else who might hurt them because you, by the grace of God, have raised them to adulthood.  We also must not prejudge or falsely accuse people because we fear so
badly for our children. Let’s love them and guard them. Thanks for your support.

MARGARET MURPHY

Woodbridge