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Right-Wing Christians Support Assisted Suicide

by Alex Urevick, Tue Mar 29, 2005 at 06:10:16 PM EST

Boy was I surprised when I got a letter today from the the conservative Christian wackos at the American Family Association that advocated for assisted suicide. But that's just what the letter advocates.

The title of the message was enough to really shock me:

Terri's Case: The Roe v. Wade of Euthanasia: Terri's father says the courts are in control of this country

You mean the courts have the control to say whether something is legal or not? My god! This madness has got to end.

But this is what really caught my eye:

they said Terri must die. Not in a humane manner, but by starvation.

I really had no idea that this was about letting termanally ill patients die with dignity, but if it is, I'm all about it. Don't let Terry die of starvation! Let her die humanely! Give her some pills or something less painful! (If a PVS patient has any feelings to begin with).

Ah, but the madness is just beginning. You see, this is just the first step that the evil cabal of Activist Judges are taking in their persuit to purify the American race. Like Hitler before them, these Judges are out to eliminate the impure elements of our society.

Now that the courts have ruled that a disabled person--Terri Schiavo--must die, who is the next disabled category to go? Those with Alzheimer's? Those with incurable cancer? Those who are paraplegic

Well, where else should these judges start? I doubt that killing a bunch of Mexicans, Jews or Chinese people would be received with as much fanfare and elation as killing a brain-dead woman. Every movement begins with one step.

Anyway, here's the rest of the article. And yes, they do say that they're against Euthenasia, but how can you really be for allowing someone suffering from a terminal desease to die humanely and against allowing them to humanely end their lives? We all know Right-Wing Christian Zealots are rational thinkers, so the only thing I can guess it that they truly are for assisted suicide.

Remember, Terri committed no crime. She signed no will stating her desire to be starved to death. How her injury occurred remains a mystery. She was on no ventilator. She was not brain dead. Her parents offered to take her home and care for her at no expense to anyone other than themselves.

But her husband--the man who years ago abandoned her and moved in with another woman and had two children with that woman but refused to divorce Terri--said he wanted her dead. Strange, but he said nothing about Terri wanting to die until seven years into her disability. For the past 14 years he has denied Terri any therapy. Thirty allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation were filed in court by the Florida Department of Children and Families. But the judges disregarded all that.

Instead, they said Terri must die. Not in a humane manner, but by starvation.

TAKE ACTION BELOW!
Liberals have been salivating over a case like Terri Schiavo's to use in pushing euthanasia. The promoters for activist liberal judges are poised for major gains.

How arrogant and powerful have activist judges become? Here is what Robert Schindler, Terri's father, said about the judicial system that sentenced his daughter to a slow, agonizing death by starvation: "What I think you're seeing now is a display where the judicial system is...flexing their muscles. They're showing who's in command of this country. And we're not. The public is not, and the people you elect to Congress are not. The judges are. And woe to this country with those people in power. We've lost control."

And it only took conservatives 200+ years to figure it out. Well, nobody ever accused them of being quick witted.

But these brave Christian soldiers are not about to let something like the Constitution of the United States of America stand in their way of keeping a brain-dead woman on life-support. No, the sanctity of life is too precious to allow "activist judges" to determine who can live and who can die. That's the job of HMOs.

The only body that can stop liberal activist judges from controlling this country is the U.S. Senate. In a few days the Senate will vote on ending the liberals' filibuster of conservative judges who see their sole responsibility to be that of interpreting the Constitution. What the liberals want are activist judges who will create laws they cannot get passed through Congress. The Constitution requires a simple majority of 51 votes. The liberals want to require 60 votes to end their filibuster.

TAKE ACTION NOW!
This will be the most important vote taken in this session of Congress. Tell your two U.S. Senators to vote to change the rule to a simple majority as the Constitution requires. If the Senate fails to do that, then a minority of 40 Senators and their cohorts on the bench can, and will, force their agenda on every American.

For those who want to take action, you can find a link to e-mail your senators here.

This was the letter that I wrote:

There will soon be a vote in the Senate to end filibustering of judicial nominees. I expect you to vote to end a filibuster of a judicial nominee by a simple majority of votes. Afterwords- I expect you to take the constitution, light it on fire, and annoint yourselves as supreme dictators of the land! This is a one party state- it's high time we started acting like it!

It is time for liberal activist judges to stop usurping the power given to the Congress and the Executive branch from God Almighty. God did not give these judges the right to "judge" right from wrong, let alone determine what is "legal". What's next- creating a balance of power in this government? How then would us good Christians force the rest of our nation to accept Jesus as their one true savior?

I look forward to hearing from you on this very important matter. And thank the lord that we have good Christians like you in congress ready to stand up "for the voiceless and powerless" like all of those huge Credit Card Companies you serve, or the Enrons whom you allow to to "free" the little people of all of their burdonsom money.

Signed,
Christion Idiot

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This Christian Idiot has a different take: (none / 0)

The person who wrote that was probably more or a Dominionist than a Christian btw. Notice Jesus is never mentioned.

I was at a gathering that was about something completely different and one of the people started talking about how the judges had control of the nation and were playing god, blah, blah, blah... I found it almost shocking to meet someone in the flesh who actually was buying into the Faux Mews crapola on this. Unbelievable! But this person is a well-meaning Christian (truly) and I held my tongue (ouch!). The one good point I heard in what they said was that since Schiavo's parents are willing to care for her why not let them. Well of course its a lot more complicated than that, but I thought that point was at least worthy of some contemplation.

Another interesting point was that the person went on to self-analyze and they concluded it was their childhood frustration with their father that was probably being expressed in terms of anti-judicial sentiment. Maybe there a lot of currency in that analysis: conservatives generally stuff their feelings about their parents, so maybe they are like the Older Brother in the story of the Prodigal Son who resent their Liberal (prodigal?) brothers' license and then strike back at those they feel are enabling the Prodigal Son (which in the case of the parable would be the father, who ironically represents God).

Just another Jesus followin' Green for Constitutional Democracy. :-)
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by JamBoi on Wed Mar 30, 2005 at 09:15:29 AM EST

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