Posted on 03/29/2005 2:01:37 PM PST by CHARLITE
Because of Concerned Women for America’s stance in support of saving Terri Schiavo from a court-ordered death by starvation, we have received calls and e-mails criticizing us for “ignoring the sanctity of marriage” and the “right of a husband to speak for his wife regarding her end of life wishes.”
To the contrary, our stance in this matter is entirely consistent with our respect for the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage.
Terri Schiavo, a seriously handicapped woman, lies helpless and dying from a court-ordered starvation death instigated by the one who still dares to call himself her loving husband. He is grieving, we’re told, over the impending death of his wife.
Most of the world now knows that Terri’s husband Michael is living with another woman with whom he has sired two children. Nonetheless, there are those who insist that even in this situation, it is Michael who should make the end of life decisions for Terri as opposed to her loving parents who want to care for her because they believe, as a practicing Catholic, she would never choose suicide over life.
Let’s begin by getting a grip on reality. Ask any woman on the planet what she would do if she recovered from what had been diagnosed as a “persistent vegetative state” to find her husband standing at the foot of her bed with a woman and two children. “Who are they?” He then introduces her to his kids and their mother. As she launches a bed pan at his head, he says, “C’mon, honey, I still care about you. I didn’t even divorce you.” And when she learns that some nitwit judge, who knew about lover boy’s adultery, granted his request for an order to pull her feeding tube, she starts looking for a bigger bed pan.
Michael Schiavo is an adulterer. He stepped out of the sanctity of his marriage when he stepped out on his wife. To call him Terri’s husband because he hasn’t divorced her makes a mockery of marriage.
He claims that he sought the court order to remove Terri’s feeding tube because he is keeping a promise to her that he made years ago. Really? Why does he feel obligated to keep that promise when he hasn’t kept his promise to forsake all others and cleave to Terri through sickness and health? Before you decide to make Michael Schiavo “Husband of the Year,” consider the following:
This “husband” admitted in a deposition that he took Terri’s engagement and wedding rings and made them into jewelry for himself.
He had her two cats euthanized in preparation to move in with his girlfriend who had a dog.
According to a nurse who observed it, he took a girlfriend into Terri’s room so that she could see how disabled Terri is.
He promised a jury that he would spend the rest of life taking care of Terri. The jury, on the word of his promise, granted Terri nearly a million dollars that was placed in a trust fund for her care. They also awarded him $300,000 for loss of consortium; it wasn’t long before he began consorting with other women.
While more than $700,000 of the trust fund remained, he sought a court order in 1998 to have Terri’s feeding tube removed. He has spent most of the money on attorneys fees trying to keep it removed.
He has denied her speech, swallowing and other rehabilitation therapy.
He denied her parents visitation with Terri for as long as five months at a time.
He refused to permit doctors to give Terri antibiotics when she developed a urinary tract infection.
He refused to have her teeth cleaned for several years and five had to be pulled as a result.
He refused to have her wheelchair fixed and permit Terri to be taken outside.
He refused to allow a priest to give her communion on Easter Sunday until pressured by public outrage.
We don’t believe that such unfaithful, selfish and inhumane conduct qualifies him to speak on Terri’s behalf. Nor will we wrap the sanctity of God-ordained marriage around an alleged “spousal right” to end her life. And no government may sanctify it even if the law permits it.
The injustices inflicted on Terri Schiavo expose the moral, legal and spiritual bankruptcy of our nation. We will not stand silent in the name of tolerance while marriage is mocked by adulterers, homosexuals and Hollywood. And we will not defer because some disagree.
Even so, Michael Schiavo is not beyond the redemption that Christ achieved on the Cross and offers to each of us. We are sinners all.
Recent Articles Advocates for Terri Form a Broad Coalition
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Spreading Euphoria—Execution by Starvation
"Turnout burnout"
"Terri Schiavo's Family, Michael's Attorney Respond to Supreme Court"
Too Bad Terri’s Not a Terrorist or a Condemned Murderer
''Cruel and unusual''
Killing Terri Schiavo End of Life May Be Sooner Than You Think
CWA Fact Sheet: The Truth About Terri
http://www.cwfa.org/articles/7794/LEGAL/life/index.htm
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He also used the $300K malpractice award to put himself through nursing school. Why would Michael Schaivo have suddenly become interested in becoming a nurse? . . . so that he could learn the "tricks of the trade" and be able to inject Terry with insulin,(or other substances) once she was in a hospice where his lawyer, Felos, was on the Board of Directors?
William Large, Deputy Chief of Staff
850-488-5603 (office)
850-922-4292 (fax)
william.large@myflorida.com
At the very least, Governor Jeb Bush should respond to Michael Schiavo's explicit public invitation, by showing up unannounced with everyone and everything he needs to make a final and sudden decision on whether he should attempt to save Terri's life right now.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/20/Tampabay/Schiavo___Come_down__.shtml
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43419
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366624/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1367576/posts
Please SHOW GOVERNOR BUSH THE DOCUMENTS FROM ALAN KEYES AND LARRY KLAYMAN
http://www.rightmarch.com/media/JudicialReview.doc
TELL HIM TO EXERCISE HIS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY, AND TAKE TERRI SCHIAVO INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY RIGHT AWAY
http://www.conservativealerts.com/terri-tj.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366335/posts
CC:
Raquel Rodriguez, General Counsel
850-488-3494 (office)
850-488-9810 (fax)
raquel.rodriguez@myflorida.com
Governor Jeb Bush
850-488-4441 (office)
850-487-0801 (fax)
http://capwiz.com/sicminc/mail/?id=9483&type=GV&state=FL
Does anybody know Mikey's address? I'd like to send him a congratulations card on the upcoming nuptials.
isn't michael shiavo already getting married to someone else?
Great article! Thanks for posting!
To the best of my knowledge he's already shacked up with the devil.
No, how can he be married to someone else when he's still married to Terri? His live in isn't even a "common law" wife, she's just common.
Great article and very good points!
The 300,000 dollars was awarded to Michael Schiavo, alone, not Terri. It was for lack of consortium. I believe the rest of the money was awarded to the two of them. Being married, they jointly own the money, and Michael has the right to spend this, as with all married people.
I wasn't questioning his right to spend that portion on himself. I was simply wondering why the sudden interest in becoming a nurse (in the light of reports that he often spent 15 to 20 minutes alone with Terri in her hospice room, after which an empty insulin vial was found discarded in a trash recepticle). . . . and as for rights, according to all state and federal courts, Michael Schaivo also has the right to starve and dehydrate her to death.
He's been through different employment opportunities throughout his life. When he was first in Florida he worked in the restaurant business. Any employment and education is preferrable than living off the welfare rolls, don't you agree?
Again, I'm not questioning Michael's desire to learn a marketable skill; - just posing a question about his choice of nursing, considering the circumstances. Do not forget that at the time, his Hemlock Society euthanasia proponent/advocate lawyer, Felos, was on the Board of the hospice into which Michael insisted that Terri be moved.
That in itself was unconventional, if not technically illegal, because hospice care is specifically for terminally ill (dying) patients. Terri had no terminal illness and wasn't dying. Only now is she dying, thanks to Michael and Felos. Up to 12 days ago when her food and water was removed, Terri was in excellent health.
There are a lot of people who learn a great deal about medicine while spending years caring for a loved one. I think nursing would be a logical choice for him to chose.
Charlite,
I think the young lady admires MS.
Yes. You're right. He has a supporter, even here on Free Republic. Not great odds here for pro-Michael folks, but she has a right to her opinion, odd as it is.
Char :)
Actually, the rest of the money was awarded to Terri and placed in a trust to be used for her care. Michael Schiavo as guardian of her estate was required to account for expenditures. He eventually petitioned the court to be allowed to use it for lawyers fees and Greer granted his request.
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