Not much credence, depending on which side of the argument you're on. Be that as it may, you will not see, anywhere on this or any other thread, where I have made these accusations. I used only the FACTS as we know them: he has not used the money awarded to him in the malpractice case for the purpose they were intended, and he is openly living and has fathered children with another woman not his wife. It is not extreme to believe these two facts alone put into question his 'custodial' rights to determine Terri's fate.
If you disagree, well, I leave it at that...
The husband tried to kill her, is a beast, a monster, heartless who SOMEHOW manages to get the most favorable judges corrupt, evil power mongers which the corrupt, evil, demented, appeals courts support including the Florida SC and the USSC.
Not judges, one judge - I refer you to Nick Danger's excellent post, most specifically this: It the job of judges to decide these things, and this judge decided — based on the word of the husband — that it is a "fact" that Terri would have preferred death in this circumstance.
So far as I know, once a judge has determined this to be a "fact," the appellate courts do not ever look at it again. So all appeals proceed on the basis that it is a "fact" that Terri Schiavo would prefer death here.
Get that? Once one judge, Judge Greer, decided to ignore evidence presented to him, the other courts did not go back and review the facts but relied solely on his judgment. For you to imply that scores of judges have studied the facts of this case exhaustively and came to the same conclusion is totally disingenuous.
I just don't buy any of this. NOR do I believe the medical authorities to be WANTING to "kill" Terri but that she has been gone for well over a decade.
You can believe what you want, and you will, even if it means denying the facts in front of your face.
No I deny no facts in front of my face merely don't accept as gospel what those who believe this lady is still truly alive want me to believe. It isn't the facts that cause me problems but the hysteria and hatred exhibited by some in this matter. Some sound as if THEY are ready to personally kill Michael.
Decisions such as this are made hundreds of times every day in this country regarding people in similiar conditions. Were it not for this wild fear of death which seems to be rampant this would not even be a concern. Most believers in Christianity do not cling hopelessly to a semblence of life when one of far greater splendor awaits us in the next world. That is what I believe awaits Terri.