Usually there are two dates on a gravestone- the person's date of birth and date of death.
On Terri's there are three. Fr. Frank Pavone from Priests for Life, who was with Terri when she died, says in an article that n addition to her date of birth and death, there is a third date.
" "Born December 3, 1963" and then "Departed this Earth February 25, 1990."
Finally, it concludes: "At Peace March 31, 2005"
The whole world knows that she died on March 31, 2005. National and global media were present at the scene for days, covering every detail. Media were present again when I preached at her funeral mass. We know when she died. But her gravestone has become a pulpit for the euthanasia movement," he said.
"Those who killed her are now using her grave as a platform for their twisted ideology. What they are trying to say is that once her brain was injured in 1990 and she was no longer functioning like most of us, she wasn't one of us anymore. She 'departed this earth.'"
He points out that the gravestone is "an insult to those who are disabled and to those who love and care for them. Should they be considered already dead, too? Are we just wasting our time caring for them. Euthanasia advocates would have us think so," he said.
Yesterday was the second anniversary of the date of Terri's death.
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1 comment:
Wow. That's complete and total bullshit. Just because someone's severely disabled, it doesn't mean they're dead. And Terri never consented, so it's not true assisted suicide - where the individual consents. I am for assisted suicide but it must always be consented to and the patient must be of a good set of mind (i.e., not suicidal). Unfortunately, my fellow Democrats are twisting it into some "better dead than disabled" deal. I don't know anymore. There was no hope for Terri but she never consented. That's the whole idea - patient consent.
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