There may be some disagreement, but the really rabid religious fundamentalists can be just as dangerous to liberty as any of the really rabid leftists in the democrat party.
Examples:
1. Randall Terry, who has a long criminal record in connection with his 'Operation Rescue'. Terry and Operation Rescue have a long history of violence against those with whom they disagree.
2. Louis Sheldon, of the Traditional Values Coalition. Sheldon and the TVC have a history of lobbying against scientific research which does not support his agenda. Furthermore, Sheldon and the TVC have been implicated in some very questionable lobbying tactics. Sheldon was working for the major drug companies, to oppose reimportation of drugs from Canada. However, he told supporters his opposition was to RU-486. Sheldon was lying to his supporters.
3. Fred Phelps, of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps was disbarred as a lawyer. The irony is Phelps was considered too unethical to be a lawyer, but he was allowed to be a minister. Furthermore, Phelps and his church have been guilty of harassing the people of Topeka, in an attempt to make them to conform to his agenda. Phelps also has a reputation for domestic violence, assaulting his wife and beating his children.
4. Their are others who have equally sordid reputations.
All I know is a judge decided to overlook therapy that could been delivered to Terri for 10 years which may have benefited the now deceased. And refused to grant guardianship to people who obviously demonstrated a deep love for her and refused.
Whether this judge is a christian is not for me to judge. However, history proves there were quite a few goose-stepping Nazis who professed christianity or hide behind the "Christian" moniker. You may be christian via culture or by "designation" but that's a heck of alot different than Christian by Salvation.
This chick has no clue what she's saying. And frankly, I don't care what she thinks. It's not important.
And the truth is that George Greer was in a network of Pinellas County old boy politics. Greer, Felos, the former sheriff who is now a state rep, and Mike Schiavo (who works in the jail, county govt) are connected two ways over at least.
It was a conflict of interest enabling at best, and flat out murder at worst.
Ingnorance is Cynthia Tucker.
Judge Greer was used to this level of burden of proof. He was treating this like any other civil case. From that perspective, perhaps he did as he should have. But from any other perspective, his rulings were a travesty.
Civil cases that involve human life should require the higher standards of criminal cases. Terri should have had a jury. She should have had the benefit of the presumption of life, just as accused criminals do. She should have had the protection of the "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard.
With any of these protections ordinarily afforded every rapist and murderer, certainly with all of them, Terri Schiavo would still be breathing.
The liberal twist. How was it activist to allow someone to live? How would it be activist to tell a husband that is living with someone eles and has two children by that someone else that he is no longer the husband and no longer has custody control?
Wow do you have your thinking on backwards. Let me see if I have this correct. Judges bend, twist, manipulate, misconstrue, invent and rewrite the constitution. Then someone comes along and says judges should follow the original intent of the constitution and you think that is judicial activism.
Nothing like reading a Leftist screed posted by a moderate coward! You must enjoy flaggellation at the whips of Liberal, Socialist and Communist scum!
Never thought I'd find myself saying this, but as to the above statement, for once I agree with Cynthia Tucker.
This article is laced with codewords meant to fire up the base of the Democrat party, every single secularist on the left are probably sitting up, cupping their ear in their hand, and hearing the trumpet call.