TERRI SCHIAVO MARCH 2005 DAILIES Fla's Til of the Hun Sets March Date to Starve Terri

Terri's Fight, The Empire Journal, World Net Daily, Life News ^ | February 28, 2005 | floriduh voter

[utahagen]

I'm sure Cardinal Rigali is well aware of Bishop Lynch's appalling Feb. 28 statement, which was filled with distortions of fact and of Catholic teaching. I'll bet the Vatican's bet increasingly vocal about the Schiavo case as a result of pressure from Catholics in the US who are livid over that quisling, Lynch. Many of the Bishops in Florida are cowards who have not spoken up frequently or forcefully enough. However, Lynch is the only one about whom I feel justified saying this: he is squarely on the side of those who would remove Terri's feeding and hydration tubes.

[Orlando]

If they did, and GUN DOWN the people of GOD on the Holy week. Our soldiers will stop fighting, because they will SEE there fathers, mothers,sisters,brothers,childrens and follow veterens GUN DOWN in maesses and they will become true martyrs.

The nation will SEE this HORROR on LIVE TV, Christians and ALL other religions that believe in the Father in heaven
being GUN DOWN ...It would be Civil War, and those that become martyrs will be HOME in HEAVEN !!!

This is what I feel....think about this...deeply!!
We ask the GOOD COPS/Soldiers/Veterans to Help us, and demand a delay, and Please in God name, where's the FBI, it's your duty to defend the American people...
vet out

[Chocolate Rose]

just checking :)..i have this thing about what appears in a post with the numbers '666'......hmmm, very interesting.

[ruoflaw]

Hang a sign on that blasted fence saying: We are not the evil ones!

[pickyourpoison]

Maybe their plastic fence could be of use, a can of spray paint and walla another BIG "Save Terri" sign. Or another piece of plastic in front of it with something on it like
" People are dying to get outta here" "Auswitz Hotel" etc

[Scoop 1]

Lots of sick people out there. The Empire Journal must be on the right track. The site has been hacked---Schiavogate story wiped out plus others.

[ruoflaw]

keep on writing those stories!

[Orlando]

God Bless You.

[SeasideSparrow]

BREAKING NEWS!!!!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43310

LIFE AND DEATH TUG OF WAR
Lawmakers ready to save Schiavo
Reach deal setting up vote in Florida Legislature

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Posted: March 15, 2005
11:29 a.m. Eastern



© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

Key members of the Florida House and Senate reached a deal yesterday on a bill to prevent Terri Schiavo from being allowed to starve to death under a court order requested by her estranged husband.

For the second time in less than two years, the state lawmakers are prepared to intervene in the case of the brain-damaged woman, who requires a feeding tube to keep her alive.


The proposed legislation would prevent caretakers of a person in a "persistent vegetative state" from withholding food and water in the absence of a written directive.

In 2003, "Terri's Law" enabled Gov. Jeb Bush to intervene the second time Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed. The law later was ruled unconstitutional, however, by the Florida Supreme Court, which said it violated the legal separation between the three branches of government.

Michael Schiavo won a court order in 2000 to have his wife's feeding tube removed, claiming she was in a "persistent vegetative state" and had declared orally she wouldn't want to live in such a condition.

Parents Robert and Mary Schindler, however, insist their daughter, while severely handicapped, is responsive and demonstrates a strong will to live. They have filed a flurry of motions to prevent removal of the feeding tube, scheduled for Friday, after 1 p.m.

The Florida bill is expected to come up for a vote Friday.

Terri Schiavo is not hooked up to any machines, but she requires the small feeding tube for nourishment and hydration. She collapsed under disputed circumstances Feb. 25, 1990, suffering severe brain damage when her heart stopped momentarily. Michael Schiavo attributes the collapse to an eating disorder, but the Schindlers strongly suspect he tried to strangle her.

The Schindlers have pleaded with Michael Schiavo to divorce their daughter, pointing out he has been living with another woman for 10 years, with whom he has two children.

Lawmakers said legal counsel for Gov. Jeb Bush helped shaped the new legislation, and they expect the governor to sign it, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

Mathew D. Staver, president and general counsel of Florida-based Liberty Counsel, a public-interest law firm, said he was pleased the legislature is acting with deliberate speed.

"Terri Schiavo is only a few days away from being starved and dehydrated," he said. "Death by dehydration and starvation is slow, painful, and inhumane. No parent should be forced to stand by helplessly and watch their child die of starvation."

The bill would allow a guardian, in the absence of a written directive, to deny food and water if there was "clear and convincing evidence" the incapacitated person declared his or her wishes orally.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. David Simmons, R-Orlando, emphasized "clear and convincing" is a tough standard.

He told the Sun-Sentinel a casual conversation "sitting around the dinner table, that's not going to rise to the level that will permit the denial of sustenance and hydration."

Michael Schiavo says Terri made her wishes known in casual conversations.

Sen. Dan Webster, R-Winter Garden, the bill's sponsor in the Senate, said the new legislation avoids the constitutional problems found in "Terri's Law" -- violation of separation of powers and that it was retroactive and narrowly applied to Schiavo.

But Michael Schiavo's attorney, well-known "right-to-die" lawyer George Felos, predicted the Supreme Court will strike down this law as well.

"This is purely a knee-jerk response to the growing political clout of the far right, and it's tragic, to say the least, that legislators don't have any concern about the constitutionality of the acts they pass," he told the Florida paper.

Meanwhile, in the U.S. Congress, two lawmakers from Florida are pressing for federal legislation that would save Terri Schiavo's life.

Sen. Mel Martinez and Rep. David Weldon say the Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act will give Schiavo, and others in similar situations, the same constitutional protection of due process as death-row inmates.

Current law leaves the rights of disabled persons at the mercy of courts instead of the Constitution, the lawmakers argue.

The new measure would not apply to cases in which an advance medical directive is in effect.

Weldon's bill, which has 110 colleagues signed on in support, will have a hearing tomorrow at the House Judiciary Committee.

Martinez is hoping for a Senate vote on similar legislation this week.

[Chocolate Rose]

bttt

[Saundra Duffy]

A little glimmer of hope. Hopefully these laws will save Terri. Let it be so, Lord God Almighty.

[Pegita]

Heavenly Father, we return to thank You that You are making it so very plain that the forces of evil have been mightily stirred ... even darkness knows that it cannot prevail in the light of truth. Continue to encourage those who speak honestly, no matter the obstacle, for the enemy sees that its victims might yet escape their grasp. Raise up Your people in greater number, and in greater passion, that those who wish death upon the innocent will be put to shame. Shut the door, O God, that the Merchants of Death may not enter. Guard the door, O God, with Your Righteousness and Power. Open it only to let the wounded step into the sunlight of Your Love. In the Name of Jesus, we pray, Amen ...

[Pegita]

Worth repeating from WorldNetDaily ...

Lawmakers said legal counsel for Gov. Jeb Bush helped shaped the new legislation, and they expect the governor to sign it, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

There are those who work behind the scenes, and there are those who are more visible. How so like God, His wonders to perform.

[Republic]

AMEN!

[Chocolate Rose]

Terri Schiavo ‘should matter to us,’ Judge Greer's new pastor says
‘No need to wonder’ about Calvary Baptist Church's pro-life commitment
By WILLIAM E. RICE
Special to Florida Baptist Witness
Published March 14, 2005




Her name is Sharon. You don't know her, but God does. She matters to God, she matters to me, and how she is treated should matter to you. She will never engage in stimulating conversation or ponder political debates. She will never read a book or write a paragraph. She will never marry or raise children or even earn her own keep. But she matters.


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Sharon is my handicapped sister. She is mentally impaired, severely so, and has been from birth. My brother and I watched our parents care for her and somehow we learned an intuitive almost unspoken lesson. Her life is valuable, as valuable as that of her two brothers, both active in ministry. Whatever difference exists between her IQ and mine, imagine the gap between mine and God's! Yet he loved me and valued me so much that He would send the Jewel of Heaven to buy me back. He made me and redeemed me and that is the heart of our conviction about human life—everyone matters to God. Which brings us to Terri Schiavo.

The facts of the case are well known and few have done as admirable a job of reporting them as has Florida Baptist Witness. It is a matter of record that the judge in the case, Judge George Greer, is an inactive member of Calvary Baptist Church, where I have pastored for five months. Though I have been Calvary's pastor for only a short time, I have loved this church for nearly 30 years, since I spent my teenage years growing in this community of faith.

Some have wondered about the commitment of our church to the sanctity of human life. There is no need to wonder. Our convictions have been clear and consistent. In this cultural battleground our church arrived early, has fought hard and stayed faithful. For over 30 years, Calvary has sounded a clear trumpet about the sanctity of human life. Our beloved former pastor, Dr. Bill Anderson, was an early champion in the cause and his frequent prophetic appeals to oppose abortion and stand for life will never be forgotten by those of us fortunate enough to have grown under his pastoral care. Our church was instrumental in the founding of the Bay Area Crisis Pregnancy Center that for over 20 years has served to help women in difficult circumstances choose life.

Like many of you, we have tried to articulate and uphold an ethic of life consistent with a Christian worldview. We have tried to speak the truth in love to a culture bent on selfishness and hedonistic pursuits. Like our Florida Baptist family, and our larger Southern Baptist family, we have taken our stand for life. That stand, articulated in many ways – one of which is our enthusiastic support of this publication – has become one of the reasons that Judge Greer has disassociated himself from Calvary and has publicly criticized us in the St. Petersburg Times.

Like evangelicals across the world, we are horrified at the thought that a handicapped woman could be, in effect, starved to death before a watching world. Like many pastors, I am not an expert in the law. I cannot debate the variances of custody rights, or even debate the medical analysis of a Persistent Vegetative State versus a Minimally Conscious State. But I know right from wrong. I know what God thinks about human life. I know there is only one way to describe the prospect of starving a woman to death because she cannot feed herself. It is wrong.

Clearly this is a tortuous case. But it is precisely such moments when morality and truth must serve as our guide. Terri Schaivo is not on life support. She is not dying. Good evidence exists to suggest that she is responsive. All she receives is food and water, the same as you and me. Are we to conclude that she is less than human because she cannot feed herself? Can a month-old child feed himself? Is an elderly patient stricken with some debilitating disease and unable to feed herself suddenly less human? Do we now use an IQ test to determine if someone possesses the right to live? Isn’t that God's choice? Only God can give life, and only He should take it away.

Tread carefully if you think this is simply about a dying woman being allowed to die peacefully. Remember when we were told that Roe v. Wade was simply about helping women who had been raped or whose lives were imminently threatened? Today few abortions fall into that category, but millions of human lives have been sacrificed upon the altar of selfishness. And the slide down the slippery slope continues.

This case seems complex but it is as simple as four words: “Thou shalt not kill.” If you need a compass for this complex case, you'll find it there. As we all know, the Sixth Commandment means it is wrong to murder – to take the life of an innocent person without just cause. If I were the nurse in that hospice center and the directive were given to me to discontinue feeding a living human being and watch as he or she starved to death, I couldn’t do it. I’d rather get fired, resign, or do something else.

This isn't about letting someone die; this is about causing someone's death. There is a huge difference.

Her name is Terri. She can open her eyes. She watches a balloon as it crosses the room. She listens to music. She responds to her mother’s loving attention. She has something very precious, she has life; something only God can give. Her name is Terri and she matters to God. She should matter to us.

Rice is senior pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater.

[pc93]

Senate Judiciary passed SB 2128

Withdrawn from all other committees on a fast track

Goes to Senate Floor vote on Thurs.

[Scoop 1]

Pegita---thank you so much

[Scoop 1]

Pegita---thank you so much

[phenn]

If anyone has two seconds to pop a thank you over to Representative Dennis Baxley, I've set up a temporary guest book here: http://www.zimp.org/guest.html.

I know we are all very busy right now, but this guy worked like Superman to get things happening on both sides.

I'll print these out in a day or so and send them to him. Speaking as a Floridian, I'm mighty thankful for the guy.

[Chocolate Rose]

Thanks and Bump.