The debate
Terri Schiavo died today. It is a sad thing when people die and I'm sorry for all the people who loved her.
Now, the heartless politics.
Jeb Bush's office extended condolences to the Schindler family. When asked why Michael Schiavo wasn't included in those wishes, Bush's office told the reporter that Jeb was only involved with 'her biological family'.
Beyond just being graceless and crude (and implying that she was not loved or cared for by her husband) it strikes me today that all the folks looking to support a 'defense of marriage' act in this country are suspiciously not with the husband in this. I'll quote from an oft-used book concerning marriage..."A man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home." Her name was Schiavo. She chose her husband. They married and, I presume, had all the rights that union entails. But in this case, that means nothing to the Right. Not the fact that the man sought treatment for 5 years for the woman. Not that he was fighting for what SHE believed in regarding living in such a condition (and was testified to in court by several other people). Most people in this country (and I mean MOST) would chose not to exist for 15 years in a hospital room with limbs atrophied and the inability to communicate. I know there are some who would & godspeed to them...no one is pushing to shut off life support to people who don't want to die (excepting of course, George W. who signed a Texas law that allows euthanasia over the objection of parents if doctors believe there's little hope...and if you can't pay) But this 'culture of life' that Bush sanctimoniously endorses doesn't seem to include arabs, people on Death Row, africans, possibly Iranians, North Koreans, Pakastanis...
Don't tell me this isn't political....
The principal ground on which these guys stand seems to be less concrete and more like shifting sand.
The vilification of Michael Schiavo seems as heartless as what they are claiming towards his wife. Today he was angrily denounced for not allowing Holy Communion today. Though she was given Last Rites and Communion before the removal of the feeding tube and Communion this last Sunday. He wanted to be alone with her in her final moments and asked her parents to leave 10 minutes before she passed. This is being touted as being completely heartless. But after such an emotional & hard fought contest, I can bring myself to see that after they made their goodbyes to her that he might want to be alone with her...
Why can't the people who purportedly live a religion of forgiveness not have any compassion of their own?
Now, the heartless politics.
Jeb Bush's office extended condolences to the Schindler family. When asked why Michael Schiavo wasn't included in those wishes, Bush's office told the reporter that Jeb was only involved with 'her biological family'.
Beyond just being graceless and crude (and implying that she was not loved or cared for by her husband) it strikes me today that all the folks looking to support a 'defense of marriage' act in this country are suspiciously not with the husband in this. I'll quote from an oft-used book concerning marriage..."A man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home." Her name was Schiavo. She chose her husband. They married and, I presume, had all the rights that union entails. But in this case, that means nothing to the Right. Not the fact that the man sought treatment for 5 years for the woman. Not that he was fighting for what SHE believed in regarding living in such a condition (and was testified to in court by several other people). Most people in this country (and I mean MOST) would chose not to exist for 15 years in a hospital room with limbs atrophied and the inability to communicate. I know there are some who would & godspeed to them...no one is pushing to shut off life support to people who don't want to die (excepting of course, George W. who signed a Texas law that allows euthanasia over the objection of parents if doctors believe there's little hope...and if you can't pay) But this 'culture of life' that Bush sanctimoniously endorses doesn't seem to include arabs, people on Death Row, africans, possibly Iranians, North Koreans, Pakastanis...
Don't tell me this isn't political....
The principal ground on which these guys stand seems to be less concrete and more like shifting sand.
The vilification of Michael Schiavo seems as heartless as what they are claiming towards his wife. Today he was angrily denounced for not allowing Holy Communion today. Though she was given Last Rites and Communion before the removal of the feeding tube and Communion this last Sunday. He wanted to be alone with her in her final moments and asked her parents to leave 10 minutes before she passed. This is being touted as being completely heartless. But after such an emotional & hard fought contest, I can bring myself to see that after they made their goodbyes to her that he might want to be alone with her...
Why can't the people who purportedly live a religion of forgiveness not have any compassion of their own?