The Terri Schiavo Ripple Effect
Terri Schiavo has passed away, but the events surrounding her passing will have ripple effects for years to come. Red State Rant quotes a familiar Scripture Passage as comfort here.
“Revelation 21:4
“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Hugh Hewitt, has a roundup of several articles that are well worth reading. His roundup is entitled, An Outbreak of Religiousrightitis. Here are a couple of excerpts from his post.
He includes a quotation from Peggy Noonan’s Wall Street Opinion Journal article dated today, found here.
“Back to Noonan, who, when she is “on,” says things in ways that ought to be scratched into marble somewhere, like this:
“A great nation does not like to see an innocent woman put to death. Everyone seems aware: It is not like us. Her death, if it comes to that, will be a big loss. We will ponder what happened here for years to come. The fight for life has many fronts, and the war will not be over in our lifetimes.
For now, may those who fought for life be honored. May Jesse Jackson be honored, and all who fought the fight in Florida. From David McCullough’s ‘John Adams’: ‘Adams had, however, arrived at certain bedrock conclusions before [his] end came. He believed, with all his heart, as he had written to Jefferson, that no effort in favor of virtue was lost.’ Onward.”
And here is Mr. Hewitt’s final statement from his post linked above.
“A few lines that ought to give pause to those who have felt no qualms at all, who have taken comfort in the opinion polls, who have been mocking those praying at the hospice. Terri Schiavo has endured long enough to force nearly everyone to recognize the barbarity of a court order that forbids a mother from offering her dying daughter an ice-chip. The national shudder will have lasting effects, and those politicians who sought mercy for Terri Schiavo have nothing to fear from those effects.”
May the ripples roll on.
