June 15 1998

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Responding to Karla FayeReaders' response to CT's April 6 editorial has been been greater than for any other editorial. In the last issue, we published excerpts from the first wave of letters, letters that overwhelmingly opposed our belief that "the death penalty has outlived its usefulness." However, more recent letters show that over half (53 percent) of our readers agreed with CT's stance. This issue remains important to a large number of Christians.

God's Grace for Marriage
* I'm always amazed by God's grace when a marriage as broken as the McCartneys' experiences healing ["McCartney on the Rebound," May 18]. It's one of God's greatest miracles. However, when I read about their dating experiences in college, I was reminded of the urgency of communicating to my daughters how intelligent, capable, and valuable they are just by virtue of who God made them to be. God forbid they should ever feel compelled to date, let alone marry, a man who treated them so poorly.

Michelle Houston
Forsyth, Mont.

* McCartney's "God told me" this and "God told me" that is akin to spells of psychotic episodes that clearly say there are times when he is not in touch with reality. As an evangelical believer, I would be very cautious in setting him up as an example to follow.

Bill Simpson
San Antonio, Tex.

Gambling: A Form of Bondage* I am grateful for Tim Stafford's article on our nation's gambling craze ["None Dare Call It Sin," May 18]. During the past eight months, I have been an intern chaplain at an inpatient treatment center for compulsive gamblers. It did not take me long to realize how naive I was about oppressive aspects of the industry. My experience has shown me that gambling is a very real form of bondage. Addictions often begin at a young ...