Gee, Vel, I didn't realize that Tom Harkin (D--Iowa) was a Christian extremist. He supported the bill in Congress.
Yes. Jesse Jackson and Lanny Davis must be "Christian extremists" too...:-) Lord, this is surreal.
Ya learn somethin new here, every day. ;-)
These other folks don't rate, I guess:
Liberals for Terri
Democrats for Life
Kate Adamson (Recovered "PVS" patient)
Rus Cooper Dowda (Recovered "PVS" patient)
Not Dead Yet - The Resistance (Disability rights organization):
The Justice Coalition (Crime victims organization)
Agudath Israel (Jewish organization)
Jews for Life
Feminists for Life of America
Hardly Christian, right wing, right to life types. Heck, a couple of people listed above actually have personal experience with this very issue, and can put Naysayers to a cryin' shame.
A woman is being murdered. The fact that the Judge refuses to allow Terri to be fed even by mouth, and there is no diligent attempt at proper diagnosis or rehab, proves this is only about outside parties trying to kill a patient, not about the patient's "rights" or dignity.
As for government involvement, within reason this is not always a bad thing. Ever hear of domestic violence? child abuse? Racism? Sex discrimination? These acts all involve someone's "private" matter, choice, or preference. Do we really want to let it be? Or can you see that when one's choice or preferences violates another's human or civil rights, sometimes officials must step in?
Terri is a prime example, as she is a victim of involuntary euthanasia. There is nothing dignified about Court-ordered killings of the disabled. Although I am beginning to get the sense that some able bodied folk consider it a noble sacrifice.