Posted on 09/01/2005 9:51:24 AM PDT by NYer
TAMPA BAY, August 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ten year-old Joshua Heldreth, the eldest of eight children, was arrested on Good Friday of this year for trespassing while attempting to bring a drink of water to Miss Terri Schaivo. Days later Schiavo died of intentional dehydration. In court Joshua pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 hours of community service and ordered to write an apology for his actions.
The boy whose arrest photo was splashed on front pages of newspapers across the nation wrote in his apology letter, "I was arrested on Good Friday for trespassing on the hospice center's property . . . Not giving Mrs. Shiavo (sic) food or water was wrong. The reason I had to go on your property was because Jesus would do the same thing. It made me sad that she was so thirsty and it made Jesus sad too. I knew she would die without water and I am called by Jesus to be a defender of the defenceless. So I had to go on your property to try to bring her a drink."
Joshua added, "I am sorry that you didn't like that and wouldn't allow me to help save her life and one day you will have to tell God why. I won't be able to help you then like I tried to help her. I will pray for you every day . . ."
LifeSiteNews.com caught up with Joshua's father Scott Heldreth today. Scott told LifeSiteNews.com he is very proud of his son. "My son has amazed me through this whole thing," said Heldreth. The proud father said it was his son's own initiative to attempt to give the starving woman a glass of water, and despite the warning of his parents that he'd be arrested, the boy insisted. "He was the one who begged us to go down, because he wanted to give her a glass of water . . . We explained that police will never let you help . . . you'll be arrested, but he went anyways."
Pro-life leader Rev. Flip Benham of Operation Save America told LifeSiteNews.com that the whole pro-life movement shares Heldreth's pride in his son. Benham recalls the reaction of Heldreth on Good Friday as he watched his son being arrested: "When that all took place Scott was weeping, this father was weeping tears of joy seeing his son not only talk the Christian talk but walk the walk."
While the apology letter has been submitted, Heldreth told LifeSiteNews.com he's not completely sure it will be accepted.
See Joshua's full handwritten apology letter here:
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005_docs/JoshuaApolog...
Monsignor Malanowski is a great man too. He was a general and worked at the Pentagon. He's met many world leaders but I will forever hold him in high esteem for his devotion to Terri, an American.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)
(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10
(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. -- Kristen, age 10
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. -- Camille, age 10
(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. -- Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)
HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8
WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
(1) Both don't want any more kids. -- Lori, age 8
WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. -- Lynnette, age 8
(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. -- Martin, age 10
WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
(1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -- Craig, age 9
WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
(9) When they're rich. -- Pam, age 7
(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. - - Curt, age 7
(3 ) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. -- Howard, age 8
IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
(1 ) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. -- Theodore, age 8
(2 ) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. -- Anita, age 9
HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
(1 ) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? -- Kelvin, age 8
And the #1 Favorite is........HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
(1 ) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. -- Ricky, age 10
I'm glad you reminded me to call my rep yet again.
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Ask them to support measure(s) that federalize a ban on starving and dehydrating Americans which was Terri's cruel fate. If the Constitution is going to be disregarded, a ban must be written into law."
Who's next trying to outfox me? The line forms to the left and I mean, left.
Ref post #652 and following
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Is a sword an appropriate gag gift or gift for the governor to present to the new Speaker of the House Rubio who happens to be pro-life? Why is Jeb Bush giving weapons out and it's all a lighthearted joke? His sense of humor leaves a lot to be desired.
Jeb is starting to act like Jim King. What went wrong???
welcome to free republic, newbie.
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time!! Thank you!!
Thanks for the comedy relief. Cute stuff.
What went wrong?
He's NOT praying to The One Almighty God.
Hi!
Just wondering if you saw this post by george wythe:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474904/posts?page=652#652
Evidently this was just a joke, and Jeb was referring to something with Star Trek. I don't know anything about Star Trek, so I wouldn't have caught it either.
Perhaps you should ping your list again to make sure everyone gets the correct information?
Yes, it is the next post immediately below the one to which I pinged. It was just a joke, we know, but it was the jokes about to whom one prays that bothered some.
I should reference #650 as well. I posted well after the topic was under way hoping all could follow the subsequent posts.
Ching, Chang, change,
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Recent court decisions that have been labeled cases of judicial activism are actually cases of judicial restraint, a Kansas Court of Appeals judge said Tuesday.
Judge Patrick McAnany said a review of the cases - Elian Gonzalez, Terri Schiavo, Kansas school finance and others - showed that people accusing judges or courts of judicial activism just did not like the rulings.
I have no idea. King is laying low except for the ads that Duval GOP is mailing. They really are a sickening bunch.
We did not like the rulings, true, but that doesn't mean there wasn't judicial activism involved.
Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they're still not out to get us.
Terri was killed by judicial activism.
He said the court system is different from the other two branches of government.
"We do not represent people, we do not advocate people's interest, we do not have an agenda to push," he said.
Yes they do! To make that statement more accurate - it would read. We SHOULD not represent, we SHOULD not advocate, we SHOULD not have an agenda to push. They shouldn't - but they do.
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