This Just Makes Me Angry

U.S. Senate and House committees in the Republican-controlled Congress issued subpoenas for [Terri] Schiavo, her husband, and her caregivers to appear at hearings on March 25 and March 28, which would in effect keep her alive for the time being.

For those catching up, Terri Schiavo has been in a persistent vegetative state (i.e., a coma) since 1990. Her husband wants to remove the feeding tube that is keeping her alive; her parents object.

Now I realize that many members of Congress have spent much of their time in office in a persistent vegetative state, but this is beyond ridiculous. They issued a supeona for a woman in a coma to appear at a hearing. For what?!

She's been in a coma for FIFTEEN YEARS. Let her go to God in peace. Let her husband, family, and friends move out of their own vegetative states, begin to heal, and let go.

The Republicans and Schiavo's parents claim the higher moral ground---that removing the feeding tube is "barbarian" and inhumane. But what's inhumane, what is truly cruel, is keeping a woman with no hope of recovery artificially alive for selfish reasons---whether personal or political.

These people claim to believe in God but they don't trust Him to do His Will. They are playing God, and Terri Schiavo is just a piece in their game.

Let her go. In peace.

AP Article on Terri Schiavo