It’s been quite some time since we looked in on Stephen Green, the fundamentalist firebrand who runs the UK “Christian Voice” protest group, otherwise known as Britain’s answer to Fred Phelps.

This time, Stephen is foaming at the mouth about the murder trial of the former “Mr Gay UK”, Anthony Morley, who was convicted of cannibalism. What does our Stevie think of all this, then?

‘In the sixties, with the abolition of the death penalty in 1965 and the Abortion Act 1967, Parliament took the death penalty away from the guilty, by the state, where it belongs, and imposed it upon the innocent, in the family, where it does not. Both measures were against public opinion and in opposition to the laws of God.

‘Banning abortion coupled with the reintroduction of the death penalty for murderers convicted on overwhelming evidence would send out a signal of the true worth of innocent human life. It would rebound in a more compassionate society, and that is a blessing we need urgently today.’

Too bad if innocent impoverished women have to die from backstreet abortions, or if defective miscarriages of justice in the courts mean that innocent parties are sent to the gallows, guillotines or face lethal injections, eh, Stevie? Happily, with the demise of the Christian Heritage Party after Capillgate, no-one significantly politically active today in New Zealand wants a return to capital punishment.

However, Damian Oldfield, Morley’s victim, somehow deserved to be murdered and disembowelled, according to Green:

‘Many people might have little regard for Morley’s victim, Damian Oldfield. They would point to the violence endemic in the homosexual network, the desire amongst some homosexuals for ‘rough trade’, and they will say that such a thing was bound to happen. And in truth, this is not the first murder from a homosexual pick-up, and it won’t be the last.”

I’m sure that Damian’s family will find that a wonderfully compassionate stance to take, you heartless pillock.

‘Yet Damian Oldfield, despite the psychological flaws which drove him to seek casual sexual encounters, was a man made in the image of God. That makes the abuse he wreaked on himself worse, but it does not negate the sanctity of his life. The Bible says ‘a life for a life’ because only the life of the murderer can restore the wrong that has been done when innocent blood is shed.

‘Morley openly confessed to his crime, and the evidence of it was overwhelming as well. This was not a run-of-the-mill “beyond reasonable doubt” conviction. In such a case, the need for justice and the requirements of compassion for a victim and his family cry out for Morley to be executed.”

Right, so Morley gets put down for his abhorrent crime and cannibalism and only undergoes a moment of lethal pain for murdering Damian Oldfield. Sorry, I really don’t  think that is terribly just. It’s at times like this that I believe that a non-parole severe sentence for violent crimes of such magnitude would be far more punitive. Let him rot in jail for his crimes.

‘I don’t like the idea of putting a man to death any more than the worst humanistically-minded liberal.’

Sure you don’t, media slag.

 ’But the other day I saw a glorious rainbow and it reminded me that God’s institution of the nation state and of true justice is still in force.’

 I’m sorry, I don’t see the association…???

We need to remember that putting a properly-convicted murderer to death is a righteous act, not something to be ashamed of.

So why do executioners report cases of post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States then, Stevie?

Enough. I’m sure we all feel compassion and want to share our condolences for Damian’s family and loved ones at this painful time. As for Mr Green, words fail me. Not even our own disgraced Graham Capill was quite this shameless…

Not Recommended:

Stephen Green: “Cannibal Chef Should Face Death Penalty” Christian Voice: 19.10.08: http://www.christianvoice.org.uk