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"Mary's role in redemption is to be saved just as all sinners are saved by trusting Christ for her salvation. She is dead now and serves no useful purpose to those on earth except for her role historically as the mother of Jesus."

This is YOUR statement which I was discussing.
Show me the proof for this statement either in scripture or in the historical traditions, beliefs, or practices of the Church.

These are just some of the scriptures that state the general principle that all have sinned, and Mary is included in all since there are no qualifiers, and in need of a savior.

Romans 3:10,"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God."

Romans 3:23, "23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"

Acts 4:10-12,"Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

Mary is physically dead now or should be.

1 Tim. 2:5-6, "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."

Heb. 4:14-16, "Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

So let's see, we have access to grace through Jesus to whom we can come without a mediator since He Himself is our mediator between the Father and us; and we can come to him boldly to find grace to help in time of need. Now it stands to reason if you can come to the boss directly with your problems why would you want to go through any lesser created being? And since there is no scriptural basis for Mary's having anything to do with our redemption except historically being the mother of Jesus, why make up this superstition? What does it add to what Jesus has already accomplished for our salvation?