Carol Costello : Can you be pro - life and pro - death penalty at the same time ? She says the Oklahoma state church is OK with executions but strongly pro - life . The Church has ` ` consistent views of life , '' including abortion and the death penalty . `` I 'm not sure they really view it as a contradiction . Costello : Only a small minority of Americans are consistent on the two issues .
Carol Costello : Can you be pro - life and pro - death penalty at the same time ? She says the Oklahoma state church is OK with executions but strongly pro - life . The Church has ` ` consistent views of life , '' including abortion and the death penalty . Costello : Only a small minority of Americans are consistent on the two issues .