Teri Schiavo and Gay Marriage

[AndyMan 7]

Teri Schiavo's case is the second recent discussion around the institution called 'mariage'.

I'm curious if there's many people who opposed gay marriage, but also want the courts to intervene in the Schiavo case.

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[SpeedRacer 1]

I didn't vote because I was too busy thinking WTF????

i also neither support nor oppose gay marriage.

Speed Racer
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[AndyMan 7]

There are some interesting parallels. I'm curious if others see them.

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[tigra 0]

There's only 10 votes and those ten are from a very small sampling of society. Its a flawed poll.

[AndyMan 7]

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There's only 10 votes and those ten are from a very small sampling of society. Its a flawed poll.

Why's it flawed?

There's only 10 votes because it's been posted for 10 minutes. I hope more will vote.

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You put the fun in "funnel" - craichead.

[billvon 3,117]

>I'm curious if there's many people who opposed gay marriage, but also
>want the courts to intervene in the Schiavo case.

But what about peole who are for gay marriage, are pro-husband's rights, but also want mandatory handguns in schools with convicted child molester teachers? That would be a _really_ interesting poll.

[tigra 0]

What about the option "Will bake cookies for the convicted sex offender next door"?

[Thunderbow 1]

Well if he was a loving husband that seemed to have her welfare at heart instead of raising another family with someone he isn't married to I might take his side.

As to gay marriage - no I don't agree with it. I don't hate gay people either. I am a Christian and believe that it is a sin. I hate the sin, not the sinner. I would not turn a gay person away, I would not insult one. I am not perfect and have told a gay joke or two, but I strive not to. I pray for them to turn away from their lifestyle as some have proven is possible.

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[wmw999 2,588]

Remember it's been 15 years since she was struck. He spent the first few years being convinced that she was, in fact, in a persistent and deteriorating vegetative state.

How long is right? It was 8 years after she entered this state that he petitioned the court to decide if he was the right person to make the decision (that was the first thing he asked for -- NOT the removal of the tube).

And he's trying to have what he considers to be her wishes carried out. If he just wanted to be rid of her, it would have been easy to either not bug the nursing home to take good care of her (it takes a lot of bugging) or just divorce her.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[Thunderbow 1]

I agree that it would a strong person to stay around for 15 years. But I guess my biggest problem is that I have seen videos of her and she sure responds a lot more than a vegatative person. I listened to a doctor that spent 10 hours evaluating her recently and he says he has seen worse cases come around. He is a neuroligist that has been nominated for Nobel prize. Sorry, can't remember his name.

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[gkc1436 3]

yup....if you blow on her eyes....she blinks...

if you touch a japanese fly trap....it close's


if i fuck up.....run out.... and while your kneeling next to me....
do me a favor and put your knee on my throat.....]

[Fireflyer 0]

wow. i am pleasantly surprised (for no particular reason) that i am in the majority of the voters (you sometimes get a myopic view of "your little world" in your home town...good to see i am in the flow of the world's thought process...)

[Casurf1978 0]

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He is a neuroligist that has been nominated for Nobel prize.

Dr. Hammesfahr is not a noble prize winner nor nominee. Nominees are kept secret for 50 years. So till then we wont know. The whole naming someone a nominee is wrong, no one knows for sure.

[DrewGPM 0]

Apparently he was nominated for a Nobel Prize...it's on his website, so it must be true

http://www.hni-online.com/

[Casurf1978 0]

He's not mentioned anywhere on the following site.

http://nobelprize.org/medicine/nomination/index.html

[billvon 3,117]

> He's not mentioned anywhere on the following site.

That's because a republican politician 'nominated' him for a "Nobel Peace Prize in Medicine" (which of course doesn't exist.)

http://www.hnionline.com/nobel_prize_nomination.htm

Coming soon - a World Supreme Court Justice Nominee (recently nominated by Jeb Bush) goes on the record stating that husbands have no rights when it comes to deciding DNR issues for their wives.

[Casurf1978 0]

This is pretty funny. Here we have a politician who IS NOT a member of the nomination committee, not an MD, but an attorney nominating this Doctor for a prize that doesnt exist. What a freaking Moron. I would like to see the committees reply.