Has compromise and secret behind the scenes ever served any but the devil?
We are inquiring minds who want, nay, need to know how this entire new thrust is really on behalf of Our Lord!
Who on earth benefits from all the silence, media and the rest? Is it Lauren? Is it the death crew who can ply better their craft in the shadows?
If there is truly a good side to this silence, please someone, sell us a clue!
I have powerful admiration for Randy Richardson, the one stalwart standing above the crowd fighting for his daughter. God bless and watch over this man. He is clearly getting plenty of advice, but is it the right stuff?
Nope, it is not my opinion, it is long years of experience. Many who follow these threads know already our story. It is to make a point here. When our extremely handicapped son came into the world, the battle began. It is more than one story, is twenty six years of battle against legions of medical and other professionals advising us to compromise, to allow our son to be "handled" by them. They attempted seduction by fine and quiet compromise, intimidation, threats, and we refused to yield. Yet, our son's contemporaries, all similar condition, far worse than that of Terri or Lauren, as with our own son, fell by the wayside.
None of them survived as our son did. It is heartbreaking to a parent like us to witness our son's room mate, a happy little boy until the medical experts from a well known facility proposed an elective surgery to the parents. They quietly succumbed. Months later, his scoliosis spine straightened, he writhed and winced in pain, withered, and died. His radiant smile never returned. The only smiles may have come from the surgeons who got a chance to experiment and practice. The parents who went along, were intimidated, or brought under a cone of silence, simply lost their loved ones to death. I know of none who succeeded. Our approach was open, forthright battle, standing up to all and compromising nothing.
It worked.
It also gave us strength and faith in Our Lord as nothing else could. The only way we could have kept our son alive and happy in those years was to defy openly our adversaries time and again. It meant even threats of jail. Rewards for our convictions were bountiful indeed, bringing us all joy, kept our son smiling right to the natural conclusion of our son's life, and building our faith in Our Lord. We wonder what became of the parents who yielded.
Perhaps those who seek silence and perhaps compromise truly believe they are doing the work of Our Lord. Please give us examples of how Our Lord's work was helped by that approach!
That way we may understand how Our Lord changed the ground rules without telling us.
Here is the dated story. Where are the updates?
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Pro-Life Unity joins with many organizations, including the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation, Blogs for Terri, Defend Life, American Life League, Delaware Pro-Life Coalition, ProLifeBlogs and more, calling out for citizens everywhere to help stop the murder of an innocent girl.
Lauren Richardson accidentally overdosed on heroin in August of 2006 and severely damaged her brain. She was pregnant at the time, and most likely, because of that reason, she was kept alive in order to deliver her child. Lauren delivered a healthy baby girl in February of 2007.
Now Lauren is in a life and death battle. The mother has been awarded custody, and has chosen to have Lauren’s feeding tube removed, because the mother believes that Lauren wouldn’t want to live this way.
Lauren’s father feels differently.
Randy Richardson (Lauren’s father) acknowledges that the daughter he knew before her brain injury is gone. But, he said, she is still alive and responds to him. He said she has made progress since her overdose—she no longer needs a ventilator to breathe—and given more time and therapy that can continue. “We just want to give her a chance,” he said, adding he is not talking about extreme measures.
Click here to view the video that shows Lauren in the hospital.
Think about this situation, they want to remove her feeding tube and kill her by starving her to death. That’s what they did to Terri Schiavo. If you think that death by starvation is a decent thing to do to someone, just try and not eat or drink for a couple days, then tell me what you think. That’s not the point though. The point is, why are we executing people just because, in our opinion, they won’t live a productive or happy life?
Pretend you are the one standing in front of Lauren.
Pretend you are the one who will pull the feeding tube from her, or deny putting it back so that she can live.
Pretend you are the executioner of this girl who is loved by her father and doesn’t want to see her killed in such a horrible way, without people crying out for her life.
Some disagree with our position, supporting people in PVS (persistive vegetative states) and calling for their rescue. That is your right to do so. For those who agree that this is wrong, we urge you to get involved. Lauren can be saved and she will be saved because it’s the right thing to do!
What can I do?
1) Pray
2) Email Randy Richardson and ask what more can be done at lifeforlauren@aol.com
3) On Monday, call the Delaware offices:
New Castle County: (302) 577-3464
Kent County: (302) 739-4498
Sussex County: (302) 856-5367
4) I picked 2 random people from the list at LifeForLauren.org. One Democrat and one Republican. Everybody call and email them and ask them to not allow Lauren to be executed.
Gerald L. Brady (D)
1804 Shallcross Ave.
Wilmington 19806
302 655-1373
302 577-8476
gerald.brady@state.de.us
Richard C. Cathcart* (R)
226 Milford Dr. Middletown 19709
302 378-7104
302 744-4391
Richard.Cathcart@state.de.us
Be nice and be respectful.
You can read more about Lauren at her website, which was put up by her father. The site is LifeForLauren.org.
Take Action!
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