Sir, are you really going to get into a proof-texting debate like a Protestant fundamentalist? I love how you liberals selectively cite Scripture.  Context is always key. Because of the character limitations, I can't go into an exegesis of the passage you cited and then parallel other passages, etc.  Suffice it to say---the Bible must be read as a whole.  Parts of the Bible that we like cannot be isolated from other parts of the Bible in order to prove our position on some issue.

One thing to consider: if the wages of sin is death, and God is against the death penalty, why did he have to die?  Why did he willingly die? God is the one who declared that man must die for sin, did he not?