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February 13, 2012

Home > 2005 > March (Web-only)Christianity Today, March (Web-only), 2005
Weblog: Legal Efforts for Schiavo Are Finished
Plus: 'Fake' nun case prompts fears on refugee efforts, the meaning of Easter, and other stories from online sources around the world.

This weekend, as Christians around the world commemorate the betrayal, death, and resurrection of Jesus, Terri Schiavo's body will begin to shut down. Her body will essentially mummify and bloat around her as she is deprived of water.

The Supreme Court said they wouldn't even listen to pleas to keep her alive.

Florida Judge George Greer said he won't listen to Gov. Jeb Bush's arguments for taking Schiavo into protective custody.

The Florida Senate turned down a law that would make it harder to kill Schiavo or for others whose death warrants are signed by mere hearsay.

President George Bush and Republican leaders of the U.S. Congress said they won't do any more, and that all legal options have been exhausted.

Police are arresting kids for trying to take Schiavo glasses of water. If Schiavo could drink the water, it would prove that she's not in a persistent vegetative state. If she couldn't, there's no harm.

"Growing up in the shadow of post-World War II America, and many remembrances of the Holocaust, I've often wondered what it must have been like in Nazi Germany for the nation to standby while evil was done in the name of kindness or eugenic ideology," says Touchstone's Ken Tanner. "Now we all know how it can happen, what it feels like, and how helpless good people can be in the face of intentional evil."

Around the office over the last few months, we've been talking about the supposed triumph of the evangelical movement. Evangelicalism is now the dominant face of American Christianity. Evangelical activist groups are credited as being the major power brokers in Washington. Newsweek's cover story speaks with an overwhelmingly orthodox voice supporting the doctrine of the Resurrection. If you believe New York Times columnists ...

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