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To: grassboots.org
No, His Word speaks for Him. His Word calls on us to care for widows (her former husband has basically left her as a widow) and to give a cup of cold water to the needy, rescue the perishing, stop the shedding of innocent blood, take care of the weak and sickly, on and on.

That's all well and good, and I hope you engage in charitable activity in your private life. But in this country, the actions of government are constrained by the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and legal precedent. We have the power to change things at the ballot box, and thus calls for a popular uprising are highly irresponsible.

250 posted on 03/23/2005 8:25:13 AM PST by malakhi
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To: malakhi
We have the power to change things at the ballot box

I didn't see where the decision to starve Terri was on the ballot box - I must have missed that vote.

There is a federal constitutional issue - it's called the 14th Amendment, you may not like that one, but it is still part of the constitution our president and governors are called to uphold.

255 posted on 03/23/2005 8:29:55 AM PST by grassboots.org (I'll Say It Again - The first freedom is life.)
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