Really, the issue that no one can disagree with is that polygomy is illegal in this country. Terri's immediate family wanted her alive, Michael wanted to pull the tube. If Michael Shiavo was going to assert his marital rights over Terri he should not have had a common law marriage. No one faults him for moving on, but moving on means moving on. You can't have you're cake and eat it too.
If you're going to fall back on legalistic arguments, be sure that the law is with you.
I can't find any evidence that Florida recognizes common-law marriages. Even if they did, can you demonstrate that Michael and his second wife had a common-law marriage?
He didn't make the choices you wish he had made concerning his wife's care. That in no way means he was unfit as a guardian.
""I can't find any evidence that Florida recognizes common-law marriages. Even if they did, can you demonstrate that Michael and his second wife had a common-law marriage?""
Sure I can.
1) They lived together
2) He sired children by her
btw, they are now married.
But his clear conflict of interest in regards to her well-being, his refusal to allow physical therapy, and his inability to remember her wish not to live in a coma until 7 years had passed (by which time he taken up with the other woman) screams that he was unfit to anyone daring to take note.
Lets see they had one child with each other and expecting another while Terry was in the process of being starved and dehydrated to death.