[OESY]

[Smarti Pants]

I've been giving this matter quite a bit of thought.

If M. Schiavo is Catholic, he doesn't want a divorce because then he won't be able to marry in the Catholic church.

Right now, his children are "bastard" children in the eyes of the Catholic church; if he becomes a "widower" then he can remarry, and his children will be able to receive confirmation, etc. as Catholics.

Seems to me that even my thoughts are flawed as I try to understand why any sane, rational person would want to MURDER anyone like this. I can't wrap my brains around this one.

[Van Jenerette]

...reading.

[pa mom]

Could the parents (or her attorney), under Florida law, seek a divorce for Terri? Surely this is abandonment, living and creating children with another. If so, why haven't they?

[GOP_1900AD]

If a common law marriage is a recognized situation, than so too should be a common law divorce. Since bigamy is illegal, once a person has assumed a new, common law marriage, the existing marriage should be de facto ended.

[libstripper]

After Michael Schiavo sat down and calmly declared on national TV that Terri wasn't being starved to death when that is precisely what is happening to her, he lost all credibility. IMHO, when he received the settlement, $700,000 of which was for her care, he decided he wanted the $700,000 and concocted the story about her saying she preferred to be killed rather than live as a disabled person.