By the way...if the day should ever come (God forbid) when you must make a decision like this for a loved one, what right to second guess you do I have?
If your son had told you that he never wished to be sustained alive by artificial means, what power on Earth could stop you from carrying out his wishes?
I can answer that question for myself.
Not you, not anyone on this forum, not the government, not the weight of the entire Catholic Church.
As long as I acted within the letter of the law, no one could stop me from carrying out his wishes.
I'll answer to my God for the decision...but not to anyone else.
2. If I am ever forced to make such a decision for a loved one and do so under suspect conditions, you have every right as a law abiding citizen to question any decision I make that would end a life. If you are wrong, you can apologize later. If you are not, you can't bring someone back from the grave.
3. The letter of the law you say? Male bovine fecal matter. The law in Florida regarding guardianship is very clear. There were several laws that were not followed by Michael Schiavo and several that were ignored by Judge Greer.
You keep bringing up "the letter of the law". I would point out to you that many people have done wrong things using the bad law as their justification and defense.
4. Yes, you will ultimately answer to God, as will I, for anything and everything that we have done in our lives. If we contemplate upon that we may have reason to be concerned about our meeting Him, especially when we have regarded the laws set forth by men as superior to those set forth by Him.