I'm guessing you think it's ok for the government to allow a man to deprive his estranged brain-damaged wife of food and water, which IS AGAINST FLORIDA LAW. Or am I mistaken? It's just a guess. No offense meant.
Michael needs to be charged with Bigamy:
http://usmarriagelaws.com/search/united_states/polygamy/index.shtml
Bigamy: Crime of marrying during the continuance of a lawful marriage. Bigamy is not committed if a prior marriage has been terminated by a divorce or a decree of nullity of marriage. In the United States if a husband or wife is absent and unheard of for seven (or in some states five) years and not known to be alive, he or she is presumed dead, and remarriage by the other spouse is not bigamous. It is not necessarily a defense to a charge of bigamy that the offending party believed in good faith that he was divorced or that his previous marriage was not lawful.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1878 that plurality of wives (polygamy), as originally permitted by the Mormon religion, violated criminal law and was not defensible as an exercise of religious liberty. The Latter-day Saints renounced polygamy in 1890, but the practice has persisted among some, although it has been rarely prosecuted.
All 50 states have statutes against bigamy (multiple licensed marriages). In most states, bigamy is a felony.
The following states have laws against cohabitation.
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Florida
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nebraska
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
798.01. Living in open adultery
Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Where either of the parties living in an open state of adultery is married, both parties so living shall be deemed to be guilty of the offense provided for in this section.
http://www.sodomy.org/laws/florida/cohabitation.html
Florida laws prohibit living together, sex outside of marriage and sodomy (defined as "any unnatural and lascivious act")
http://www.sodomylaws.org/usa/florida/flnews002.htm
{{Many prayers being sent to Terri and her family}}
Well that's what I wanted to know. If it's against Florida law then where's the problem? I've been following this case here and there and don't really understand what the holdup is on the final decision. If the law says that life decisions rest with the husband, than the decision is his. Why do her parents have standing at all?
No offense taken, but if a legislature has written a law that life decisions rest with the husband, then the people (government) have granted him the authority to make this decision.
This is why I'm confused. I don't understand what all these stays will accomplish. A final decision will have to be made eventually.
Calling her "brain-damaged" makes it sound like she fell down the stairs and bumped her head. She is, and has been for years, brain dead.