Bump for Terri's rights!!
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Thanks Eleanor..
I am sharing this.
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I didn't see this two days ago:
http://www.earnedmedia.org/sur0226.htm
On Monday, attorney David Gibbs filed 11 motions, including a petition for divorce. The petition for divorce states that Michael Schiavo has been co-habitating with Jodi Centonze for over 10 years and has fathered two children with her. Living in open adultery is a 2nd degree misdemeanor in Florida (FS 798.01 Living in Open Adultery).
Judge Greer refused to hear the divorce petition, along with the motions to remove Michael Schiavo as guardian and to allow news medical tests. The links to several motions filed today are below.
Motion for Divorce (denied by Judge Greer)
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionDivorce.pdf
Motion to allow natural feeding
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionNaturalFeeding.pdf
Motion for family access while Terri is dying (Michael has repeatedly banned the family from visiting Terri at hospice)
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionFamilyAccess.pdf
Motion to allow Terri to die at home
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionDieAtHome.pdf
Motion for burial (Michael has an order to cremate Terri's body without a Christian funeral or burial)
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionBurial.pdf
Motion to leave feeding tube port intact
http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/022805EmMotionNotRemovePort.pdf
Well, this morning I was saying my daily prayers for Terri. After I was done I went to my Bible to ready my daily Proverb. Today is March 1st, I read Proverbs 1....
I chose to read out of my "Living Bible today" and this is what it said... WOW! ....
Wisdom shouts in the streets for a hearing. She calls out to the crowds along Main Street, and to the judges in their courts, and to everyone in the land: You simpletons! she cries.
How long will you go on being fools? How long will you scoff at wisdom and fight the facts? Come and listen to me! Ill pour out the spirit of wisdom upon you, and make you wise. I have called you so often but still you wont come. I have pleaded, but all in vain.
For you have spurned my counsel and reproof. Some day youll be in trouble, and Ill laugh! Mock me will you?-Ill mock you! When the storm of terror surrounds you, and when you are engulfed by the anguish and distress, then I will not answer your cry for help. It will be too late though you search for me ever so anxiously.
For you close your eyes to the facts and did not choose to reverence and trust in the LORD and you turned your back on me, spurning my advice. That is why you must eat the bitter fruit of having your own way, and experience the full terrors of the pathway you have chosen For you turned away from me-to death: your own complacency will kill you. Fools!
But all who listen to me shall live in peace and safety, unafraid.
Proverbs 1:20-33
Maybe the Lord had Judge Greer in mind when he wrote this!
I felt this Proverb so powerful, I just had to share...
At least one of the nurses that gave sworn affidavits died. Do you remember which one? and were there any others?
He's been talking about the book of Esther this week and his message is so encouraging. He pointed out a verse today when talking about the actions of the Persian King. Proverbs 21:1 "The king's heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; He turns it wherever He pleases."
Thank you for contacting Governor Bush to ask for his help in the case of Terri Schiavo. He has asked me to respond on his behalf.
The Governor shares your concern for this young woman and has pledged to do whatever he can within the laws of Florida to protect her life. The next few weeks will be very difficult ones for Ms. Schiavo, her family and all of those who care about her. The Governor asks that you keep her and her family in your prayers during this difficult time.
Again, thank you for writing Governor Bush about this important issue.
Sincerely, L. OConnor
Office of Citizens Services
Posting this info per request:Please support House Bill 701, entitled "Starvation & Dehydration of Persons with Disabilities Prevention Act." It could help to save Terri's life.
Click on this URL to take action now:
http://capwiz.com/nrlc/utr/2/?a=7086556&i=61277721
If your email program does not recognize the URL as a link, copy the entire URL and paste it into your Web browser.
You can also write letters to editors to ask readers to call their Florida House and Senate representatives to ask them to support HB701.
HB701 "declares that an incompetent person is presumed to have directed health care providers to provide the necessary nutrition and hydration to sustain life; prohibits a court, proxy, or surrogate from withholding or withdrawing nutrition or hydration except under specified circumstances; provides that the presumption to provide nutrition and hydration is inapplicable under certain circumstances; conforms provisions to changes made by the act; declares that the act supersedes existing court orders otherwise applicable on or after the effective date of the act."
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Here's a petition to sign, whether you live in Florida, or not:
https://www.aclj.org/Petition/
The petition is from Jay Seculo's group, and they have gotten as many as 150+ signatures on past petitions.
Congress Steps in on Terri Schiavo Case Congressman David Weldon (R-FL), a medical doctor, plans to introduce legislation titled the Incapacitated Person's Legal Protection Act (Terri's Law), which will hopefully help save Terri Schiavo's life.
The legislation would give Terri and others in similar situations the same constitutional protection of due process as death row inmates. Already this week, attorneys for Terri's parents have filed six different motions to help save their daughter, all of which are now on appeal.
Dr. Weldon's legislation would allow Terri to have her own counsel who can argue her case, a right given to any criminal in the United States. Terri is, of course, not a criminal but a woman fighting for her life. As Terri's fight intensifies, I cannot be more frank on the fate of this poor woman if her husband has his way. If Terri's feeding tubes are removed, she will face a slow death through starvation, which can take anywhere from 7 to 30 days.
Terri's parents, as do Congressman Weldon and I, truly believe Terri is alive and deserves to continue living.
Please call, e-mail, AND fax your U.S. representative to support Terri's Law -- truly life-saving legislation. Time is of the essence.
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I don't have time to look at all the comments right now. Have you heard about the efforts to get Congress to act? Greer won't be able to ignore Congress like he ignores the Florida legislature. He doesn't have to obey the Florida Legislature because he's a royal judge and royal judge don't have to listen to the common people.