I guess that marriage isn't so sacred to the Repubs after all!

[mediaman007]

The party of the hypocrites strikes again:

Despite the fact that a husband/wife bond is to be untouchable, here go the Republicans trying to overrule the husband who has the decision-making power. Forget about Newt Gingrich handing his wife divorce papers on her deathbed. They don't think that Schaivo is a stand up guy. I guess that 15 years with your wife in a vegetative state doesn't count for anything.

Then how about John McCain! On the ABC news interview with George Stephanopolus (sic), McCain encourages Schaivo to divorce his wife so the parents can care for her. Un-fucking-believable!

Schaivo has been with this woman for 15 years!

On another note: What does this woman look like now. Is the video that they are showing current?

[RPM]

1. can she consent to a divorce?

what are the rules for divorcing someone in that state?

[hollywood926]

5. The court agreed to grant him a divorce..

he declined. Although he claims all of the money he stood to inherit is gone, her parents claim that is not true (they say he will get about $800,000) and their argument makes a lot more sense than his. He has moved on, he has started a new family, yet he refuses a divorce. There could only be one reason for that. This guy is a real pearl.

[mazzarro]

11. The divorce question

If he (Mr. Schiavo) had granted the divorce, I'll bet that he would have been roundedly condemned for being an insensitive and selfish person eventually by the same group of people clamoring for him to divorce the woman. Then again what about the fact that he is trying fullfil the wish of the woman? And before someone attempts to lay doubt on whether or not the woman said what Mr. Schiavo is claiming, who is there to prove that the woman did not make such statement in the first place. Mr. Schiavo has his conscience to live with if he is lying. Finally why can she not be allowed to go naturally if these people believe that she is going to a better place afterall?

[Lars39]

16. I think you've got 'man' issues.

You are truly talking out your ass. Get some therapy.

[RetroLounge]

17. Make about as much sense as your post - not much

So he gave up an offer of 1 million, and then 10 million to wak away, so he can collect 800k?

Methinks your logic is clouded by emotions.

RL

[Al-CIAda]

10. Not sure about the divorce law, but

if you're a millionare tax cheat, millionaire defrauder, etc., you can still claim 'bankruptcy' and buy a mansion there and live in immunity.

Ok, way off topic, but that pisses me off. Regular Joes get the SHAFT again, while the criminals have an out.

God bless Fl.

[Jon8503]

2. SO True, unbelievable how these right wingers are

trying to attack her husband for not being a good husband. Your point about Gingrich serving divorce papers on his wife's deathbed and they ignore that like it never happened.

There really is no way to see this any other way or thing than it is, their own agenda.

America be very afraid unless you don't care if these people enter every aspect of your life.

[hollywood926]

3. Doesn't infidelity nullify a marriage contract?

Or at least make it laughable? Marriage isn't sacred to Michael Schiavo. Unless he's imagining his wife while he's poking his girlfriend. (Look up how long he has been with this woman, BTW - you won't believe it.)

"Being with Terri" for 15 years doesn't mean he's been sitting by her bedside every day caring for her. He's leaving that to her parents. It just means he won't get a divorce.

[mondo joe]

7. This is another RW lie. Michael has provided her care, not her parents.

Furthermore, the court records confirm that he has provided EXTRAORDINARILY good care.

[mazzarro]

13. What about the fullfilment of the wife's wish not to be kept

alive by artificial means?

[janx]

14. Terri is gone.

Schiavo will do whatever he can to make sure her wishes are honored, though.

[brook]

15. Would it surprise you...

to know that Michael's staying married to Terri through all this is the key to his standing in the many legal tribulations brought about by her *loving* parents lo these many years?

And the Schindlers of late seem to be more concerned with pleasing Randall Terry than Terri Shaivo.

Please read the legal briefs associated with the case. It might not alter your view on whethet Terri should be kept alive, but it will inform you of the facts surrounding the case - as opposed to the misinformation supplied by the Randall Terry/Tom DeLay acolytes.

edited to correct a mispelling.

[katinmn]

4. Good point!

[asjr]

6. If Terri was lesbian, Tom Delay would personally remove her

feeding tube. I will personally throw a one-woman party when that filth goes down.

[gratuitous]

8. Yeah, the know-nothing troll at the Oregonian

Aka David "Room Temperature" Reinhard* headlined his dopey opinion this morning about the "rush to kill" Mrs. Schiavo. Mr. Schiavo has been living with this particular hell for 15 years.

And I don't know whether or not the Schiavos did this little bit of leftover symbolism at their wedding, but the old custom of the father walking his daughter down the aisle actually has a meaning: She's all yours, sport. That means that for better or worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, Mr. Schiavo is responsible for his bride. He has made his decision, as heart-rending as it is. Mrs. Schiavo has been turned into a political football by her parents, who evidently love publicity more than they respect their daughter's marriage vows.

Of course, having observed Republican leaders over the years (the only major party to nominate divorced men to the presidency), it's pretty apparent that they don't take marriage vows very seriously.

*So named by me as a descriptor of his IQ. And I reckon he lives in a very cold room.

[CottonBear]

9. I do not believe the video is current.

She probably looks worse now. I think that the husband has a court order barring current videos or pictures.

I agree with your point. The husband has the right to make desicions for the wife.

Hypocrites, all of them. Damn them all to hell.

[givemebackmycountry]

12. 2001 - nothing more recent due to privacy laws - n/t

[UTUSN]

18. CNN Poll: Do you approve of Congress intervening in the Terri Schiavo case

CNN Poll: Do you approve of Congress intervening in the Terri Schiavo case? http://www.cnn.com/
83% NO 17-Yes.