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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Oh, bullshit. Her parents aren't trying to keep her alive because of religious reasons, their motives should be patently obvious. And legislators want to keep her alive because her husband's motives are suspect and they feel sympathy for the parents, plus it gets them compassion points with voters who care about this sort of thing.
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Husband's motives remain unchallenged. In fact, without right wing religious support, her parents would have long ago been made irrelevant. Years of repeated testimony and court decisions have declared Terry brain dead. And yet righteous third parties keep appearing with another excuse and lots of legal money. They may even be trying to bankrupt the husband to force their will on Terri Schiavo. FL Supreme Court judge in a blunt accusation of Federal intervention was quite clear why Terri is still so painfully kept alive as a vegetable.
Yes, the parent’s motives are not religious. But religious extremist intervention is the only reason this case continues. As the network news so bluntly reports it, the religious right is using Terri Schiavo as a litmus test of their political representatives.
Why would any Federal law maker even dare touch this hot potato? The smart politician stays away from this issue. But this case has been made by the religious right into a litmus test of politicians. A sort of “either you are with us or against us” challenge. If the religious right had not decided to make this a test case, then Terri Schiavo would have long ago taken the same path as thousands before her. Without outside pressure, Federal law makers would avoid the whole issue. At this point, the parents are nothing more than pawns in a big, ugly test of political action by the religious right. The only political force protecting Terri Schiavo's rights are the FL courts and the US Supreme Court that refuses to hear the case. Rightly so. This is about about protecting Terri Schiavo. This is about religous political action. Another rallying cry to promote 'right to life' issues - Terry Schiavo, her husband, and the FL State court system be damned. Their rights don’t matter when issues of god are involved.
To declare the husband’s motives suspect is not based upon fact. That reason is the masquerade for another issue – forcing 'right to life' religious doctrine on others.