"Marriage is between ONE man & ONE woman"....unless JEB says otherwise

[Bluebear]

TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Jeb Bush is pushing state lawmakers toward a new scheme to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case, touting a plan to oust her husband from the role as her guardian.

Bush's new effort echoes a long-aired lament from fervent advocates for Schiavo to be kept alive. The argument: Michael Schiavo's new life with a girlfriend and two small children leaves him unqualified to oversee what he and numerous courts have ruled was her wish to not be kept alive in her current state.

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050322/LOCAL/50322028/-1/news&template=printart

[sui generis]

1. whew - I thought for a moment they were going to claim

that Terry was a lesbian, and since gay marriage isn't allowed Florida would not be required to recognize their marriage.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Good Lord Jesus Christ Almighty!

"The argument: Michael Schiavo's new life with a girlfriend and two small children leaves him unqualified to oversee what he and numerous courts have ruled was her wish to not be kept alive in her current state."

Unqualified? What a load of horseshit!

And it wasn't MS that ruled it was her wish; it was ruled by the COURTS!

[Bluebear]

3. Republican politicians are such great judges of moral character

THEY define who is and isn't a family, since their own houses are so spotless.

[Demit]

4. This issue is bringing out the uglies. Even Fla Repubs are under fire:

"...Uglier were messages left with lawmakers. Sen. Nancy Argenziano, R-Dunnellon, said one letter came from a self-identified Christian who ''prayed'' for Argenziano to die a painful death with stomach cancer.

Sen. Rod Smith, D-Alachua, said one caller to his office said, ''I'm a Christian and I hope you will die in your own vomit.''

Told that Christian groups compared the nine GOP senators who opposed last week's bill to Pontius Pilate, Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, grimaced. ''That is extremely offensive,'' he said. ''This has become a political issue as opposed to a spiritual issue. The radical wing of the Republican Party has taken control of the issue and those are the people who are whipping up the masses. It's tragic. It turns your stomach.''

King said ''All we're doing is what we think is our right, our duty, not necessarily as Republicans but as human beings.'' "


I hope for more exposure of the nastiness of this kind of crazed religious fundamentalism. People will begin to shrink away from it.

[deadparrot]

5. It's a bit comforting to know that

even our "opponents" (conservatives) get it.

I don't remember a time when a real liberal and a real conservative could get into a good debate without screaming hysterically. Without the crazy fundie wing of the Republican party, we might (god forbid) actually reach an intelligent level of debate in this country.

It would be a much better world without the freakish religious right.

[WuzzaFreeperNowaDU]

6. I was hoping this was gonna be a story about having TWO wives.

If you think it's a tough sell in the legislature- imagine how hard it is trying to convince my wife.

[Demit]

7. You know what I think they're mad about, and it's driving them crazy?

Here's a guy (Michael Schiavo) who has enough ethics and morals for a whole pew full of hypocritical religious fundies. He has gone on to have a full loving life with a family, yet hasn't abandoned his incapacitated wife or ended his loyalty to her. That is a good moral man. Not to mention that when they demand to know why he hasn't divorced his wife, they don't acknowledge that he is Catholic and the faith forbids it.

I've been thinking about this: what would they all have said about him if he had lived celibate these last 15 years? They would have twisted that into something unhealthy, I think. It's just too much for their mean narrow concept of what love is. What a twisted worldview you must have to have to be a religious fundamentalist.

[thecrow]

8. ....if he had lived celibate these last 15 years?

They they'd claim he was gay and find other ways to defame him.

With RW fundies you cannot win. When all else fails they bring out the Bible and quote irrelevant passages to you.
Or start screaming at you.
The phone calls wishing death on the Dems is just plain outrageous and blasphemous. They stand behind thier evil and vile statements by saying "I am a Christian".... but they are making death threats against some?
I would say they are the furthest things from a Christian.