[AZConcervative]

To Everyone:

Try to remember Christ. Terri was unjustly murdered, although, like it or not, the way the law stands now, legally. There is a distinct difference between legal and moral. The threats which I have seen here are not only unnecessary, they are unChristlike.

Be angry, fight to change the laws and do not let Terri's death be in vain. But do not lower yourseves. Pray for those who are in favor of this type of murder, but do not give in to the human desire for retaliation. Christ said, "...Love thy enemies...". The Lord will judge and His judgement will be final. Pray for the lost souls and rejoice, for Terri is now with our Heavenly Father, free from the world that let her down.

Isn't that the point? The world will always let us down. Only the Lord will not. Please don't lose the message that God is sending here. A woman gave her life to deliver it!

God Bless,
AZ

[klb1]

Thank you for taking the words from my heart and posting them.
God Bless Terri and her family.
God Bless us all now and help us honor Terri properly, with love not hatred.

[Brytani]

You are correct, unfortunately the way the laws are written she was given judicial review. However, the laws do need to be changed.

First, unless a person has a full written or video taped Living Will clearly stating their wishes in cases like this, no actions should be taken to end their life.

Second, if the spouse has moved on with their life, if they are living in adultery and/or has become engaged to another or has produced children from a relationship AFTER their legal spouse is incapacitated, they should be stripped of any and all say in the care and custody of their spouse. The only exception I can see to this is if a person makes it clear in a living will that they are acceptalbe of their spouse moving on with their lives if they were to become incapacitate and can not speak for themselves.

Third, if there is any conflict of interest, i.e. the lawyer(s) giving to a judge's reelection campaign, if the judge/lawyers are in anyway financially connected to the facility the person is housed in, they must recuse themselves from the case.

And finally, the law needs to be written so that a completely independent Guardian Ad Litem should be appointed to the person to assure their rights are being upheld.

I'm sure others can think of more changes that need to be made.