We didn't separate a husband and wife. That was Michael's choice. If he wanted to stay with her, why didn't he? Why did he leave her for those other women? If he didn't want to separate what God joined together, why did he kill her? No, you can't blame us for that.
Suppose my wife goes into a PVS and after a few years of treatment she doesn't improve. She has already told me doesn't want to be in Terri's state. So I pull the feeding tube and mourn for her. Five years later I meet another woman and we start a new life together.
Oh wait, I can't because "conservatives" have said I can't pull the plug without her family's approval.
"Why did he leave her for those other women?"
What kind of warped world do you live in? Michael lived with the Schindlers for the first few years after his wife was hospitalized. He didn't date. It was ROBERT SCHINDLER who told Michael he should start dating, and he even brought his occasional dates back home to meet the Schindlers. Eventually (about 4-5 years into it) he met someone he fell in love with. The falling out with the Schindlers did not occur because of any woman but because of an argument over money (the settlement Michael and Terri were awarded). The majority of that settlement went into trust for Terri, and about 300,000 went to Michael. Robert Schindler wanted a part of that 300,000, even though the award did not go to him. Hence the split in their relationship. Get your friggin facts straight.
What did you expect, that the man (Michael) was going to remain a celibate for the rest of his life? He didn't choose the hand dealt him. He had no possibility of conjugal visits with a wife who for all ostensible purposes was out of commission wife-wise for the rest of both of their lives. Man, all your compassion goes to someone who was PVS, and none for the husband deprived of his wife's companionship forever. You expect that he should have acted like a monk. Well he wasn't one, he is a man, a young man, a man who like any other needs companionship in his life. He told his friends how lonely he was without his wife. Geez, get a grip on reality, not fantasy.