From the Yahoo News article, first paragraph: "The U.S. Congress early on Monday rushed legislation to President Bush aimed at prolonging the life of a brain-damaged woman, Terri Schiavo, in an extraordinary intervention to move the Florida case into the jurisdiction of federal courts."
It seems like it's fashionable these days to try and move every controversial topic away from the states to federal jurisdiciton. Don't like your state law regarding this Schiavo woman's situation? Take it to federal court. Don't like your state's position on same-sex marriage? Create an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. What happened to the notion that each of the states would be an 'independent experiment' in democracy and capitalism? In the past, if you didn't like your own state laws, you could move to another state anytime you wanted. Now, what's the point?
Nathan Frampton beat me to the punch on this Schiavo business. From his post on Framptonia: "The government should not interfere with a husband’s right to insist that his wife be taken off of feeding tubes. When you get married, your spouse should have the right to make such a decision, not your parents or siblings." And: "Do we really think that it is the will of God to remain alive in such conditions?"
Well said. If you are incapable of making personal medical decisions, your spouse is the only logical choice to do so in your stead. Otherwise, you have the legal chaos we are witnessing.
As to the will of God, I'm getting tired of people presuming that they know what the will of God is. Any number of evil things throughout history have been done because they were the ' will of God.' 9/11 quickly comes to mind. I would add the interference into this family's situation by people who are interested in nothing more than political and legal grandstanding to the list.
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