It's one thing for Judge Greer to condemn her body to death, but to condemn her soul to hell should be considered reaching beyond his powers.
"required Easter duty?"
such as what?
I don't know how much power you think Greer has, but he certainly doesn't have power over anyone's soul but his own.
Believe it or not, Terri did not go to church often, and 15 years ago the Judge wanted to speak with her religious adviser to gain insight into Terri's wishes, but her parents could produce no such person.
To say the Judge is condemning her to hell, is overstating things a bit. God has the final say, I do not know of any religion that leaves it up to a Florida judge.
Terri is Catholic
I doubt very seriously whether something like that is within his powers. But it's instructive as to his mindset ... obviously he's concerned that Terri won't be quite as uncommunicative in the other world.
Terri is a Roman Catholic. The "Easter duty" refers to the obligation to receive Holy Communion during Eastertide. Of course, she is not "damned to hell" for not being physically able to carry out this awesome and precious duty --- intimate bodily contact and union with God --- the most sacred phenomenon which exists in the physical Universe.
Rather, since she is dying, there exists, not a "duty," but a "right" on her part, to receive Holy Communion in preparation for death. This is known as "Viaticum" (pronounced "vee-AT-ee-kum") which in Latin means "on the way with you": the idea being that as you go to God, God is already going with you.
By Canon Law, any priests who knows of a Catholic who is dying, is obliged to make sure he or she is given the Last Rites (Last Rites = Anointing + Viaticum.)
I rejoice that two priests have had the honor of being arrested trying to carry out this obligation.
It should be hundreds of priests. And at least one Bishop. Terri's Bishop, who is accountable before God to minister to his spiritual daughter. Bishop Robert Lynch.
Your god sends people to hell for not performing ritual whil they are in an unconscious vegetative state?
Man. That's tough. Where'd you get this god?
George Greer cannot condemn anyone's soul to hell. Aside from the other problems I have with the concept, I think even Catholics would agree that God doesn't hold a profoundly disabled woman accountable for not taking a communion wafer on Easter Sunday, or whatever it is you're concerned about.