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Posted on 03/17/2005 5:58:41 PM PST by tutstar
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Thank you Father for bringing us together, again, tonight, in our concern and love for your child, Terri Schaivo.
Dear Lord, continue to protect our sister in Christ. May she continue to feel your love and comfort. Please make it so that no further harm comes to her. Keep those who wish her evil away. Send in your army of Godly Angels to protect her, minister to her, comfort her. Let her feel your love and care.
Comfort Terri's parents, dear Lord. Give them respite this evening, and restore their hope that all will be well. You are here, with them and with Terri.
Now Lord, we beseech you, give this Bill to the judge whose heart you have softened to receive this Bill, that he may be guided to approve this measure to restore life to Terri.
I ask, Father, that nourishment be quickly restored to our sister, who has struggled these past many days and hours without food or water.
I ask these things in Jesus Precious Name,
Amen.
Somebody got lazy and cut and pasted captions it looks like.
I know from experience how dangerous it is to do that. I have had some rather embarrassing mistakes in my college paper when either I or somebody else on staff forgot to later change the text.
Somebody on here called her a hag. That sounds about right.
Wow! She would have had an easier time of things if she had been him.
Before I go - remember the last time Terri had been in dehydration - didn't they have to go slowly before rehydrating? I can't recall the details....perhaps someone more knowledgeable here can speak.
Whoever caught that terrorist name under Terri's photo on the CBS site - was sharp. The liberal media is unprofessional and stupid.
Beautiful prayer!
MS is with Terri.
This is not good.
That witch from Congress is flapping her lips on CNN - totally wigging out.
In Jesus' Name.....AMEN!!!
Fox News reported that Michael Schiavo is in hospice with Terri. He's frightened of the idea that Terri will be saved
O my God, why is he there? I can't stand the thought of him being there.
Michael is with her???? Poor Terri! I fear for Terri's safety when Michael is around.
Amen
Debbir Schultz from Florida......and now the hacks on CNN are going at the voting.
amen
I shall again.
House passes Schiavo bill
Measure to move woman's case to federal court goes to Bush
March 21, 2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/20/schiavo/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- After an unusual and emotional Sunday night debate, the House passed legislation early Monday morning aimed at prolonging the life of Terri Schiavo, whose feeding tube was removed Friday under court order.
The Senate unanimously passed its version of the legislation earlier Sunday.
The bill ordered a federal court to review the case of the Florida woman, who doctors have said is brain-damaged.
Congress has no authority to order the feeding tube re-inserted, but the federal court could choose to do so while it reviews the case.
The lawyer for Terri Schiavo's parents, David Gibbs, said before the bill's passage that Terri could begin receiving food and water again within hours after it is signed by the president.
The family hoped to file a lawsuit in federal court in Tampa on Monday, between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., Gibbs said.
"We've heard that the judges will be willing and ready to move expeditiously," he said.
Bush left his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and arrived in Washington on Sunday afternoon so he could quickly sign any legislation passed. House Democrats temporarily blocked a GOP-led effort earlier in the day to pass such legislation unanimously, forcing the House to wait until Monday for a vote.
House leaders reconvened the chamber about 9 p.m., with three hours of debate scheduled. The 203-58 vote ended about 12:45 a.m.
For a vote to take place, 218 of the 435 House members were required to be present. Though many members of Congress had left town for Easter, 261 ended up casting votes on the measure.
The chamber was nearly empty as the debate got under way, with only about six to eight members from each party present, plus staff members. The bill needs a two-thirds majority of those present to pass. The visitors' gallery also was less than full.
Schiavo, now 41, collapsed in 1990 in her home, suffering from heart failure that led to her brain damage.
Courts have ruled that Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state." Her husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, says his wife told him before her illness that she would not want to be kept alive in such a condition. Her parents have been fighting to keep her alive.
The bitter legal debate has resulted in more than a dozen state court decisions in the past seven years.
"The measure of a nation's commitment to the sanctity of life is reflected in its laws and to the extent those laws honor and defend its most vulnerable citizens," said Rep. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, in kicking off the House debate.
But Democrats said Congress has no right to become involved in a sensitive family issue.
"We are members of Congress. We are not doctors. We are not medical experts. We are not bioethicists," said Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat.
"Courts in Florida have received expert testimony from prominent neurosurgeons and neurologists," said Robert Wexler, another Florida Democrat. "The evidence provided by a standard of clear and convincing evidence is that it is Mrs. Schiavo's wish that she not be allowed to continue in a persistent vegetative state"
Approving the bill would "undermine over 200 years of jurisprudence," he said.
Terri's father, Bob Schindler, said Sunday night, "All we're trying to do is get her a fair trial."
The Democratic action earlier Sunday forced the postponed vote. Republicans had been hoping Democrats would stay away from a rare Sunday session so the measure could be passed by unanimous consent.
It wasn't clear how many Democrats objected; only one was needed.
Earlier Sunday, Terri Schiavo's mother appeared before reporters to ask opponents of the bill to let it pass.
"Please gentleman, don't use this bill as your own personal agenda," Mary Schindler said. "I'm pleading with the moms and the dads, call their congressmen. Help them pass this bill. It's very, very important."
Schindler was accompanied to the microphones by anti-abortion activist Randall Terry, who said Terri Schiavo's parents "just want her home."
Michael Schiavo said Sunday that he was "outraged" at Congress' actions.
"I think that every American in this country should also be outraged that this government is trampling all over a personal family matter that has been adjudicated in the courts for seven years," Schiavo said.
At one point Sunday afternoon, the Schindlers were prevented from entering the hospice in Clearwater, Florida, where their daughter is staying. Sources at the scene told CNN that Michael Schiavo was visiting his wife and didn't want her parents in the room at the same time.
Members of Congress said Saturday they had agreed on a compromise bill that was limited to the Schiavo case rather than a broader bill that Republicans wanted.
Schiavo's feeding tube has been removed twice before, most recently in 2003. That year, the Florida Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a law that authorized Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to resume the woman's feedings six days after a court ordered they be stopped.
NOW SEND IN THE U.S. Marshals, and KEEP MS AWAY FROM TERRI !!!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Dan Rather news school strikes again*
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