Monday, March 21, 2005


Yahoo! News - Fate of Terri Schiavo Rests With Judge
Just had to point out something here...questions abound in my head. Why do Republicans hate God?

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. - The fate of Terri Schiavo once again was in the hands of a judge early Monday following an extraordinary, day-long political fight over the brain-damaged woman that consumed both chambers of Congress and prompted the president to rush back to the White House.

Taking the Senate's lead, the House early Monday passed a bill to let the woman's parents ask a federal judge to prolong Schiavo's life by reinserting her feeding tube. President Bush signed the measure less than an hour later.

Outside the hospice, a shout of joy when news of the House bill's passage came. Among those cheering was David Bayly, 45, of Toledo, Ohio: "I'm overjoyed to see the vote and see Terri's life extended by whatever amount God gives her."

A crowd of about 50 people prayed and sang outside the hospice. One man played "Amazing Grace" on a trumpet, as a pickup truck pulled a trailer bearing 10-foot-high replicas of the stone Ten Commandments tablets and a huge working version of the Liberty Bell.

Gov. Bush, praised the actions of Congress. "We in government have a duty to protect the weak, disabled and vulnerable," he said in a statement Monday. "I appreciate the efforts of state and federal lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who have taken this duty to heart."

Color me confused.

God didn't give Terri this extra life, Man did. And, if in heaven, people are made whole and happy, why would these God-lovin' (fearin') people seek to deny her that? Why would they want to keep her in this shell of a life and deny her the opportunity to be happy with God? Could it be that their faith is so weak that deep down they don't actually have any faith at all? Why would they seek to keep her from her heavenly reward?

It makes no sense to me. But then again, there are a lot of things lately don't make sense to me.