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Posted on 02/28/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by floriduh voter
Terri's Freepers,
Judge George Greer denied Terri's parents' Motion for a Stay to protect their daughter's life while there are still pending issues in this LIFE AND DEATH MATTER. In addition the Department of Children and Family Services made a surprise visit to the court hearing the other day and asked Judge Greer if they could approach the bench. Judge Greer denied DCF the opportunity to speak. DCF asked for 60 days to conduct a complete investigation of allegations that have surfaced in the form of a Complaint to their agency.
What was set in motion instead? On Friday, February 25th, Judge Greer REFUSED TO issue another Stay because he was "not comfortable" issuing a say to protect a Ward of the State but instead "set a date certain" (on his calendar at least, not on mine) to BEGIN THE BARBARIC, ANTI-AMERICAN, STARVATION-DEHYDRATION SLOW MURDER OF TERRI.
Attorney Gibbs for Terri's parents held a press conference after J. Greer's order that was so tastefully written to indicate that "he was giving the Schindlers until March 18th so they could "prepare for Last Rites." Attorneys Gibbs called this ruling and prior rulings "Hitler-resque". Indeed.
If Judge Greer wasn't LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA in his courtroom, why any need for Last Rites? Greer's urgency to fulfill this killing places urgency on every one of us to lobby Governor Bush, Florida's House and Florida's Senate.
A Judge in America is ordering the manner of someone's death, a disabled woman who is healthy but needs rehabilitation.
Time is short so we don't really have time to get into Greer's mind to see why he is Florida's Til of the Hun.
What can we do?
1. LOBBY TO SAVE TERRI
2. HELP BUMP THIS THREAD.
3. POST ARTICLES YOU SEE ABOUT TERRI.
4. VISIT PINELLAS COUNTY FLORIDA AND VIGIL WITH US AT HOSPICE WOODSIDE.
5. VISIT TALLAHASSEE AND LOBBY IN THE HALLS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
6. HOLD A DEMONSTRATION AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.
7. Join the Message Board that freepers started at the Crystal Cathedral/Hour of Power. TELL YOUR CHURCH ABOUT TERRI.
8. Tell your friends that Terri is alert and aware of her surroundings and to visit www.terrisfight.org to see her videos.
9. PETITIONS. We will gather current Petitions here for you. At this time, you can sign a SAVE TERRI PETITION AT www.renewamerica.us. THERE ARE ALSO IMPEACH GREER PETITIONS ABOUT.
Finally, the Pope has no Living Will. He will be SAFE as long as he stays away from George Greer's courtroom. The Pope is in our thoughts and prayers and he knows of Terri. He wants Terri to be freed from oppression and from a painless death by starvation-dehyration.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO EVERY DAY, THE PAY ISN'T VERY GOOD BUT THE FRINGE BENEFITS ARE THE GREATEST. You are Great Americans and liberty is Terri's and freedom from oppression. Freepers, that is the big payoff if we continue our daunting task.
Terri's family is grateful to you and all of your prayers are being heard by the Giver of Life.
This is Terri's Fight and the battle is enjoined. JOIN US TO SAVE TERRI FROM FORCES THAT HAVE BUT ONE GOAL THAT IS AGAINST EVERYTHING AMERICAN.
GUIDELINES: If you want to start frivolous discussions, please start your own thread in chat.
If you like something from www.theempirejournal.com, please do not post the entire article at Free Republic. Unless I hear otherwise, I believe that we are allowed to post the title and link. TEJ is a great team member of Terri's network. Thanks, TEJ for making a difference and for getting the truth out there.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CONTACT INFO, IT IS ON THE WAY. Thanks, floriduh voter
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
just checking :)..i have this thing about what appears in a post with the numbers '666'......hmmm, very interesting.
Hang a sign on that blasted fence saying: We are not the evil ones!
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
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.
keep on writing those stories!
God Bless You.
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
bttt
A little glimmer of hope. Hopefully these laws will save Terri. Let it be so, Lord God Almighty.
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.
AMEN!
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 lifeeveryone 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? Isnt 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 couldnt do it. Id 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 mothers 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.
Senate Judiciary passed SB 2128
Withdrawn from all other committees on a fast track
Goes to Senate Floor vote on Thurs.
Pegita---thank you so much
Pegita---thank you so much
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.
Thanks and Bump.
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