>"...what option does a young Catholic have in Michael's case?..."
"After all, according to Catholic dogma, divorce is an excommunicable offense..."
I'm amused that you are defending Micheal Schiavo as a good little Catholic. Are you aware of what the Catholic Medical Association President- Dr.Robert J. Saxer, M.D. has said about this case?
"The withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from Mrs. Terri Schiavo will result in her death.
The tube feeding itself does not impose an excessive burden on the patient. Discontinuing nutrition and hydration in this circumstance violates in its intention the distinction between "causing death" and "allowing death." (Catholic Medical Assoc. Bioethical Principles of Medical Practice #9)
Therefore, in view of these teachings and directives, we must conclude that at this time the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from Mrs. Terry Schiavo cannot be justified by currently promulgated Catholic moral principles."
-Robert J. Saxer, M.D.
President, Catholic Medical Association
Are you aware of what the Catholic church says about cremating someone wthout first having a funeral for them? That is Mr. Schiavo's stated intention for Terry Schiavo.
You can defend this guy all you want, but you should probably stop defending him as a good little Catholic boy, who merely doesn't want to be excommunicated for divorcing his wife, while he lives with another.