Here we are once again, on the eve of Terri Schiavo?s execution and I cannot get over how fast these few weeks have gone by since the ?starvation judge? handed down his death sentence on her case. I am equally amazed at how many people have mobilized to save this poor woman?s life. There are so many things going on in the news right now related to Terri that I find it impossible to keep on top of it all. Frankly if there?s anyone out there who can hold a full time job away from the internet, is still capable of following all this news and blogging about it when they get home, but not until after putting four little kids to bed, I gotta give them lots of credit.
With little more than 12 hours left before Michael Schiavo begins to starve his wife, so many people are franticly doing all they can do to keep him from carrying out Judge Greer?s court ordered death sentence. It really is outrageous that this woman?s parents and others who care so much about her are being ignored and dismissed as a bunch of selfishly religious right wing fanatics. These folks have spent the past 15 years compiling massive amounts of evidence in favor of proving that Terri is not the vegetable that a couple of court appointed doctors are making her out to be. Unfortunately, every time they try to make the courts aware of the evidence, they are sent away and ignored. Judgment after judgment after judgment the courts have given in to Michael Schiavo?s desires to kill his wife and every time he gets the legal opportunity to do so, he has been stopped by delay after delay after delay. You can thank God for that, because He really does listen to our prayers.
The news of the day has obviously been focused on the race by both the Florida State Legislature and US Congress to enact legislation in time to stop Michael Schiavo from killing his wife. Although Florida?s bill was passed in the State House, it was defeated in the State Senate late in the day. Likewise, the US House of Representatives passed legislation designed to allow Terri?s case to be brought before the Federal Court System - away from that idiot State Circuit Court Judge down in Florida ? but failed to make it through the Senate. What good is a government if it cannot find the heart to defend the innocent? Oh, I forgot, we still live in a country where it continues to be legal for a mother to murder her unborn children. And BTW, why is it that it?s always liberal democrats and RINOs that have the highest disregard for human life? I?ll tell you why in plain English weather you like to hear the truth or not, it?s because they have a pact with the devil and an unholy alliance with his culture of death! That?s why!!!
Do you people realize that if Michael Schiavo yanks the feeding tubes from Terri and allows her to die of starvation, she will essentially become a martyr in the fight for the culture of life? She would be viewed as a sacrificial lamb, a hero in our ongoing struggle to restore, in our nation, the dignity and respect for the supreme gift of Almighty God. Also, how poetic it is that she should have her feeding tubes removed one week before Good Friday when by most estimates she could finally die. There is quite an unusual parallel here in that her suffering could be likened to that of the Passion of Jesus Christ where He willingly endured horrific pain and brutal death for the sake of man?s crimes against God. Is it not possible that Terri?s death would create a ground swell of support for human life and a conversion for many from the culture of death? Maybe I?m just hastily looking for that glass-half-full optimism I usually carry around in my back pocket, but at times like these, I have to prepare myself for the likelihood that God has a greater plan than I do and if that plan does not include the earthly existence of Terri Schiavo, then I will take what I can from this experience and carry on the fight.
!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!
AS JUST SEEN ON MATT DRUDGE'S WEB SITE...
**Exclusive Fri Mar 18 2005 00:50:07 ET** The Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming) has requested Terri Schiavo to testify before his congressional committee, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. In so doing it triggers legal or statutory protections for the witness, among those protections is that nothing can be done to cause harm or death to this individual.
Members of Congress went to the U.S. Attorney in DC to ask for a temporary restraining order to be issued by a judge, which protects Terri Schiavo from having her life support, including her feeding and hydration tubes, removed... Developing...
NOW, THAT IS CLEVER!!!
USATODAY article...
and...
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 17, 2005
President's Statement on Terri Schiavo
The case of Terri Schiavo raises complex issues. Yet in instances like this one, where there are serious questions and substantial doubts, our society, our laws, and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life. Those who live at the mercy of others deserve our special care and concern. It should be our goal as a nation to build a culture of life, where all Americans are valued, welcomed, and protected - and that culture of life must extend to individuals with disabilities.
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