This is a sad day indeed.

> JUDICIAL WATCH STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF TERRI SCHIAVO

> “This is a shameful day for our legal and political systems. Under court order, an innocent woman, Ms. Terri Schiavo, was killed by starvation and dehydration. Politicians at the state and federal level were derelict in their absolute duties to protect innocent human life. Our culture has crossed an awful Rubicon – for we now have legal precedent for the murder of innocent, disabled and voiceless adults. We hope the American people are now alerted to the crisis posed to this nation by an activist judiciary that would sanction such barbarity. Our prayers and condolences go out to Ms. Schiavo’s family.”

What’s next? Will they deem my grandpa unfit to live because he has Alzheimer’s and is loosing cognitive ability? This whole issue has grated against just about every fiber in my body (muscle, nerve, epitheilial…ok, you get the picture). I have watched several of my older family members die after dealing with Alzheimer’s and different types of cancers (or are currently fighting against them). I’ve also read and listened to the debates in my Ethics class about “death with dignity.” The only death with dignity there is is when you know where you’re headed next. God uses everything…especially our frailties, weakness and inabilities.

If we allow ourselves to be disallusioned that once our bodies are broken we’re useless to God and man, then we have given up any dignity we ever had. Life is so precious and we just permitted an adulterous husband to legally murder his wife by starvation and dehydration. And for those of you who believe that this is just a “family issue” and that the government shouldn’t have gotten involved what do you think a representational government is for if not for protecting family and individual rights, values and issues? The judicial system is “supposed” to be impartial not Congress, the Senate or the President.

The whole point of being able to vote for our leaders is so that we have an opportunity to pick the person who best represents our values and who would be willing to stand up for us when this type of situation arises. It sickens me to think that we’ve permitted the judicial branch to ignore any attempt at the normal procedures of checks and balances of power in the government at local, state and national levels. They have proven time and again to be biased and as they continue to make judgements based on the “spirit of the constitution” instead of what it says. There are ways to ratify and change the constitution but it was never meant to be flexible in the ways the current judges deem it to be flexible. Sometimes we have good laws and sometimes we have bad laws, but to steal a favorite quote “the law is the law.” If we have a problem with the law, change it in the way it was meant to be changed, don’t twist it around so that its convolutions support anything you want it too. (oops..wrong soap box)

Anyway, I pray that the country takes a serious look at what these events and the decisions made say about us. This is not just a “family issue” it is something that affects us all whether we want to acknowledge it or not.

“There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new morality. There is only one morality. All else is immorality.” –Theodore Roosevelt

We have let immorality sneak in and take over our judiciary system and now they are refusing to listen to those who are supposed to represent us. Satan has our country in a vice like grip and his fingertips are spreading death and destruction of the family and individual values that this country was based upon.

Author: KB French

Formerly many things, including theology student, mime, jr. high Latin teacher, and Army logistics officer. Currently in the National Guard, and employed as a civilian... somewhere View all posts by KB French