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Father Frank Pavone appeals
to Go.Bush-Save Terri
Save Terri
Date: 3/31/2005 8:29:20 AM ( 19 y ) ... viewed 1299 times
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Father Frank Pavone appeals to Gov. Bush and legislature to save Terri
March 31, 2005
RenewAmerica staff
FATHER FRANK PAVONE: The courts have absolutely no moral authority to order that a human being be starved and dehydrated, as is happening to Terri right at this moment.
As I sat there next to her, I noticed several things. First of all, she is holding three stuffed animals. Under her right arm is a stuffed dog, under her left arm is a stuffed-animal kitten, and next to her left arm, a bunny rabbit. Were those animals real animals, we would not be allowed to do to them what is happening to Terri right now.
Next to her bed, on the side table, is a vase of flowers, beautiful flowers. And then across the room from the foot of her bed is another vase of flowers, also beautiful flowers. In both cases, those flowers have plenty of water. They have more water than she does. The flowers are being taken better care of right now than our sister Terri.
What is happening here is a monumental disaster for our nation and for civilization. What is happening here is that we are buying into the idea that there are certain class of people--namely, those who are disabled--that we can just go ahead and kill, and not lose a good night's sleep over it.
We are witnessing here a crossroads for our nation, and we've got to decide whether we are going to continue to listen to courts that absolutely have no authority to allow this to happen, or if the other two branches of government, the executive and the legislative, will have the will to act on their own authority.
I, for one--and I know millions around the country have the same sentiment--am tired of hearing the executive and the legislative branches of our government say, “Well, the court has spoken, and there's nothing we can do.” Yes, there is something you can do. Use your own authority given to you by the constitution to protect human life.
And whether Terri survives or dies--that is going to be the ongoing question. Are we governing ourselves or not? We elect people in this country who stand for the kind of values that we do, the kind of values that our nation was founded on. And this election of 2004 showed that very clearly, that there are people ready to take their values into the voting booth. And then when we elect these people, then they say to us, ultimately, “Well, we can't do anything.” And then unelected judges begin to chart the course of the nation for us, implementing policies and committing actions that offend the vast majority of the American people.
I stand before you tonight, with sadness and also with hope that, through your work, you in the media, we are grateful to you for being here in the way that you are, that through your work, the conscience of America may yet be awakened to the tragedy that's happening behind those walls, and may take the action necessary to see that it never happens again. Thank you so much for being here.
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There is much misinformation on euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, mercy killing. It is all murder…
"And I repeat again to all clergy in My Son's House: you shall not rationalize sin. Abortion is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! Euthanasia is murder, and murder condemns you to hell without repentance! The Commandments of your God must be followed, and no changes will be made upon them to suit the basic fallen nature of mankind." - Our Lady of the Roses, November 20, 1979
There are four sins that cry out to Heaven for Vengeance (extreme punishment):
1) Willful murder.
2) The sin of Sodom.
3) Oppression of the poor.
4) Defrauding the laborer of his wages
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