RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS SEEK THEIR OWN 'ACTIVIST' JUDGES

Yahoo! News (April 3, 2005) ^ | Sat Apr 2, 8:25 PM ET | Cynthia Tucker

[MACVSOG68]

Would you care to explain to me why sodomy is a "federal issue" and a womans "right to life" is not?

No, because personally, I believe they both belong solely in the jurisdiction of the state. But that doesn't wipe away the dichotomy, does it?

Most conservatives have tried desperately to get the federal government out of state affairs...until Terri Schiavo.

[annyokie]

Tell that to Randall Terry with his foolish statements about wanting a Theocracy, laws be damned.

[Doohickey]

I must've missed Cynthia's columns in which she decried every act of judicial activism that resulted in a victory for liberal causes.

Hypocrite.

[Nick Danger]

The Christers have set back the RTL and other causes for decades.

I don't think so. Certain elements in the media are dancing with glee just now because they have instant polls telling them that their spin on these events worked on the public. But I don't believe it will stick.

The "Christers" were out in front on this because they have their own news networks, and they knew things about this case that most of us didn't. Most people still don't know basic facts about this case.

Upon colliding with these facts, however, one need hardly be a "Christer" to become alarmed at what happened here. This only looks like a religious crusade. It looks like that because the religious were the first to become alarmed by it. That was because they knew what was happening and the rest of us didn't. It also looks like that because collectively, they are the world's worst PR firm.

But don't let that stop you from finding out what really happened here. There are plenty of things about this case that require absolutely no leap of faith to conclude that something really peculiar just went down, and it wasn't right, and it wasn't just, and an innocent woman died over it.

I strongly believe that as these facts come out — and they will — the public's view of these events is going to change.

After looking into these things as best I can, I believe we just watched the court-powered (probably more accurate to say lawyer-powered) murder of a woman who had become inconvenient to her husband, who wanted to "get on with his life" with another woman. Was the woman really a "human vegetable?" There was a lot of dispute about that. Some doctors said yes, some doctors said no. The curious thing is that the tests which could have answered the question definitively were never done. In fact the husband-guardian prohibited anyone from testing or treating his "wife" as soon as he got his hands on a million-dollar malpractice award.

I find the whole thing chilling.

[stands2reason]

Someone called her a name on another thread, so she gets carte blanche to insult everyone else! So there! NYAH!

[annyokie]

I am not. I am an American citizen. If I don't like the law, I must work to change it. I don't do it by force or fiat.

[writer33]

What's that there stuff you've posted, AP? I'm a might worried. I've never read that before.

:)

[ozzymandus]

I've seen cynthia tucker on TV, and she seems to be extremely stupid, even by liberal standards. If you need knee-jerk liberal cliches, go to cynthia.

[alicewonders]

Maybe you should take your croissants & brie to another sandbox. Oui?

[OKIEDOC]

The Atlanta Journal Constitution loves to bash conservative every chance they get.

This Cynthia Tucker is nothing more than third rate water carrier for the left.

[katnip]

Perfect!

[inquest]

So the Underground Railroad was a pretty shameful chapter in our history according to you, I gather?

[MACVSOG68]

Yeah, everybody who wanted to see Terri Schiavo safely in the custody of her parents is a Ward Churchill nutcase. You guys are really sweet.

No, not everybody who wanted to see Terri Schiavo safely in the custody of her parents is a Ward Chrchill nutcase. Funny, you didn't ask for examples, just made some very bad assumptions.

[writer33]

Can't we use the term, pigwash? Isn't it a bit insenstive to use the term hogwash?

:) Hehe!

[anniegetyourgun]

Personally, I look forward to the theocracy to come. It's not something I fear. In that day, perfect justice will always be done, as opposed to the imperfect justice we now live with.

[annyokie]

Someone is always calling me a name on here since I won't walk in lock-step.

Apparently, dissenting opinions are not welcome on FR any longer. It's no longer a discussion board, but an amen corner.

[muawiyah]

What I said.

[wideawake]

Those who were against murdering Terri are willing to say: "The murder of Terri Schiavo was wrong and if the federal government can't guarantee the safety of its vulnerable citizens, then the vaunted claims of our political system are meaningless."

Those who supported murdering Terri say: "Well, I may or may not believe in starving Terri Schiavo to death, but if the government says it's OK, it's OK. Oh and by the way, those of you who disagree with the government-sanctioned murder of Terri are actually foes of limited government."

The first position is moral and internally consistent.

The second statement is amoral, in the purest sense of the term, and full of logical holes one could steer an aircraft carrier through. It is also fundamentally dishonest.

[annyokie]

GAD! What if it isn't Jesus by Mohammed? Is that okay with you? Who has the "right" god?

[mercy]

It's not what Cynthia thinks hip-shooter. It's what America thinks. I'm a solid evangelical Christian and I think the religious right is full of it.