{"id":964601,"date":"2021-11-03T21:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=964601"},"modified":"2021-11-03T21:14:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T01:14:37","slug":"roman-catholic-nun-speaks-out-against-texas-law-banning-religious-prayer-aloud-during-death-row-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roman-catholic-nun-speaks-out-against-texas-law-banning-religious-prayer-aloud-during-death-row-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Catholic nun speaks out against Texas law banning religious prayer aloud during death row executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Froman-catholic-nun-speaks-out-against-texas-law-banning-religious-prayer-aloud-during-death-row-executions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=964601&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2570078\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2570078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 MARCH 20: Morning light shines outside The United States Supreme Court building on March 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:41 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, November 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A Catholic nun is speaking out against a Texas law banning religious or spiritual advisers from touching death row inmates or praying aloud during executions.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview, Sister Barbara Bautista argued the law is adding insult to injury by denying inmates the comfort of a clergy person by their side. Bautista has signed onto a legal brief to the Supreme Court in support of a challenge to the statute, which the high court will consider later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge revolves around John Henry Ramirez, whose attorneys have argued is being deprived of his First Amendment right to practice his religion. \u201cIt is hostile toward religion, denying religious exercise at the precise moment it is most needed: when someone is transitioning from this life to the next,\u201d said Seth Kretzer, Ramirez\u2019 lawyer.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2570079\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2570079\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2570079 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rami-156x210-1.jpeg\" alt=\"This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John Henry Ramirez. Ramirez, a Texas death row inmate set to be executed Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2020, for killing a convenience store worker more than 17 years earlier in a robbery that garnered $1.25, is asking that his pastor be allowed to lay hands on him as he dies by lethal injection. The request by Ramirez is the latest clash between death row inmates and prison officials in Texas and other states over the presence of spiritual advisers in the death chamber. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)\" width=\"156\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rami-156x210-1.jpeg 156w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rami-325x437.jpeg 325w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/rami.jpeg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2570079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This undated photo provided by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows John Henry Ramirez. Ramirez. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hope that if the state still is going to execute Mr. Ramirez, that at the very least that he be allowed his clergy person in the room, in the death chamber, he be allowed to pray out loud with him and that clergy person be allowed to actually physically touch Mr. Ramirez, to give him some human contact before he takes his last breath,\u201d requested Bautista.<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez\u2019 execution and a few others have been put on hold while the Supreme Court considers his challenge to the policy.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/rep-mccarthy-today-is-a-wake-up-call-for-washington-democrats\/\">Rep. McCarthy: Today Is A Wake Up Call For Washington Democrats<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 MARCH 20: Morning light shines outside The United States Supreme Court building on March 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. 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