Posted on 02/09/2005 2:06:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
Clearwater, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A Florida appeals court has again denied Terri Schiavo's parents an opportunity to argue before the court that starving their daughter to death would violate her religious liberties. Bob and Mary Schindler say that Terri is a Catholic and euthanizing her would run contrary her religious beliefs.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal denied a handful of motions the Schindlers filed and did not issue a written opinion in the case. That means they are prevented from appealing the decision to the Florida Supreme Court.
By concluding the religious liberties case, the decision also means that Terri's estranged husband Michael can remove Terri's feeding tube -- perhaps as early as February 22.
George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is Michael's attorney, wants the 2nd District Court to issue a mandate making the decision official, that would pave the way for Michael to ask doctors to remove the gastric tube.
Meanwhile, the Schindlers are pursuing other legal avenues to prevent Terri's death.
Attorneys for Bob and Mary Schindler argued in a hearing late last month that Terri should have had her own attorney during the decade-long legal battle they have been fighting with her estranged husband Michael, who wants to starve her to death.
"In reviewing the many boxes of court filings," Gibbs said, "we cannot find a single instance where Terri was afforded the right of every American to have a lawyer who would represent her own interests."
Schindler attorney David Gibbs argues that the court decision allowing Michael to end her life should be reversed.
Judge Greer gave Gibbs until Monday to submit further written evidence supporting his arguments.
The Schindlers also have a third motion in court that asks Judge Greer to remove Michael as Terri's legal guardian because of numerous conflicts of interest.
Terri's feeding tube was removed in October 2003, but doctors reinserted it at Bush's request after the legislature passed Terri's law.
Related web sites:
Terri Schiavo's parents - http://www.terrisfight.org
I cannot imagine what it must feel like to be trying to desperately save your child's life from someone bent on killing them and having the government tell you they couldn't do anything to help.
susie
Yep, it's awful. But, the government has done more than merely saying they cannot help. The government, in the form of activist judges, has taken an active role in ignoring Terri's rights so that an agenda of evil can be enacted.
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Unfortunately, the Schindlers did not need to see "Schindler's List" to understand the magnitude of Nazi persecution -- right in the State of FL. The Schindlers are the Holocaust victims of the 21st Century. Here we are erecting monuments to Holocaust victims, and we have such victims right in our midst -- persecuted by their own governments.
You know the legislature of FL and the Congress of the USA are as responsible as anyone for this outrageous conduct. The legislature and the Congress (both nominally Republican) are too timid to stop activist judges such as George W. Greer and David Demers, etc. These judges can be stopped nationally under Artice III, Section 2, Paragraph 2, but the Congress is too cowardly to act.
Any other decision by the FL courts was unthinkable. These courts, regardless of partisanship, are perverted to the original concepts of justice and fairness.
http://catholiccitizens.org/press/contentview.asp?c=22478
I tried to see if Feb. 22nd had any significance and all I could google was that islam conducts devil-stonings on Feb. 22nd, Deuteronomy 22:22 in the Bible is about stoning women who commit adultery.
I think Felos has just picked a day he liked and he's repeating in the local media like a mantra, Feb. 22nd, Feb. 22nd, Feb. 22nd. He's trying to hypnotize Greer again.
Felos endorses the Holocaust, is anyone surprised???
This new ager, borderline personality is telling Fla judges, the investigators, the fla house & senate what to do and how to do it.
The only leader who's not bowing to him is Governor Bush but does Jeb have the will to keep fighting for Terri? I certainly hope so.
Thanks for the ping!
MY heart breaks for the Schindlers. I don't know how they can stand it. God Bless them!
Goodnight Terri prayer and a bump BTTT!
You can FORGET the Courts!! At the risk of sounding like a broken record, they are a waste of time and money because these courts MADE THEIR DECISIONS long ago. NO amount of evidence, new evidence, medical testimony, or ANYTHING is going to stop them. IF Jeb Bush is unable or unwilling to exert some AUTHORITY and take charge of this case under the Protection of Children and Handicapped statute (?? think it's that one), and IF the people are not prepared to take matters into their own hands, then Terri Schiavo will be dead before the end of this month!! It's a disgrace and underscores the fact that florida is not Governed by a Governor and legislature, it is RULED by Tyrannical ROGUE JUDGES.
Bump!
JIM DAVIS, DEMOCRAT JUST ANNOUNCED HE WILL RUN FOR FLORIDA GOVERNOR IN 2006. A democrat may win the race by default because pubbies for Terri will stay home. wfla radio 970 Tampa, FL
Ping to my last post. GOP of Florida cannot survive if they are derelict in their duties.
FREEPERS AND LURKERS, USE THIS STATE INFORMATION NUMBER TO GET PHONE numbers for Gov. Bush, the House & the Senate. 1-800-342-1827. We need everyone's help. Greer may order Terri condemned to death tomorrow!
Get Senate President Lee's number, Speaker Bense's number, Speaker Pro Tem Leslie Waters' number. They have the most power and Gov. Bush's number. Thanks, FV
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