Posted on 03/27/2005 10:09:19 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
With their court battles apparently exhausted, supporters of Terri Schiavo's parents said Sunday that they would take their efforts to Washington on Monday.
The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a conservative Christian activist who has become a prominent figure in the protests over Schiavo's case, said he will go to Washington to plead with congressional leaders and the Bush administration to enforce a subpoena issued March 18 by a House committee for the 41-year-old woman to appear before Congress.
The conclusion of Mahoney's news conference Sunday afternoon was disrupted by a minor scuffle among protesters jostling to get their signs within camera range.
After remarks by Randall Terry -- an activist against abortion rights who has been acting as a spokesman for Terri Schiavo's family, the Schindlers -- members of a group calling itself the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades seized control of the microphones and blasted Terry as a "Christian fascist thug" trying to interfere in "the most intimate affairs of life and death."
"[Terri Schiavo's] brain is not functional. It's not going to recover. Let her die in peace," pleaded Sunsari Taylor, a member of the group.
Before the disruption, Mahoney had said: "We are going to plead for Terri, to be her voice in Washington, D.C."
The congressional subpoena was quashed the same day it was issued by the Florida judge who ordered Schiavo's feeding tube removed, and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal of that decision by Republican congressional leaders.
Mahoney said the fact that Schiavo has survived nearly 10 days since the removal of the tube that has supplied her with nutrition and water indicates that she wants to appear before the House Government Reform Committee.
He challenged House Speaker Dennis Hastert, an Illinois Republican, to show that he was not "just playing politics" with the subpoena.
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I'd like to see the video...
On to Washington we go.
Don't stop the fight to save Terri's life.
A neat trick for a woman who's confined to a bed and unable to speak.
They mean Randall Terry, but they are commies.
Seems like a new way for libs to describe anyone as pro-life as automatically anti-rights.
The Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigades spokeswoman was referring to Randall Terry as a Christian Fascist Thug, not Terri Schiavo. I saw it on television, the death mongers were pushing their signs into people. One particularly obnoxious man kept putting his armpit over a pro Terri woman's head, and bumping her with his sign. I was waiting for a fight to break out.
This is truly sad. I can hardly imagine the toll this has taken on her mother and father. This country has lost it's way. Maybe we need to take it back...
"I can't remember what I called her in return..."
Did it possibly rhyme with the word "punt"?
The first part of the statement is patently false, as this video clearly demonstrates Terri recollecting childhood memories, and laughing.
As to the second part, sadly, we will never know. Thanks Michael, for fighting like a bulldog to carry out Terri's "wishes".
This is their chance to save Terri. The subpeona must be enforced come Monday morning with U.S. Marshalls. Terri has waited long enough for help. It's time she get's it.
"...This country has lost it's way..."
Yes I've never been so ashamed of my country. The quality-of-lifers are in power. Mr Soviet Union born wife cannot believe such a thing could happen and that an estranged husband with motives of self interest would gain complete control instead of loving parents.
Hi Datura,
Yeah, I'm pretty sure it did... Amazing how surprised they get when someone stands up to them.
I doubt it. In all fairness there is a huge difference between a woman who has been in a coma for years and someone that is very much functioning (like someone with cerebral palsy, autism, etc). I don't see anyone arguing in favor of eugenics or anything here.
I think the real issue at hand is whether she actually wished to continue to live with machine assistance or not.
What machine?
A qoute from a former Marxist of the Sixties Decade:
"Communism is facism with a human face!" --David Horowitz
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