] The authority to make that decision has fallen to those
] closest to the person who cannot make their own views
] known. First come husbands or wives, then adult children,
] then parents and other relatives.
]
] That is why Michael Schiavo, despite all the hatred that
] is now directed against him, has the right to decide his
] wife's fate. The decision about Terri's life
] does not belong to the U.S. Congress, President Bush,
] Rep. Tom Delay of Texas, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, the
] Florida Legislature, clerics in Rome, self-proclaimed
] disability activists, Operation Rescue founder Randall
] Terry, conservative commentators, bioethicists or
] Terri's parents. The decision is Michael's and
] Michael's alone.
]
] Remember the recent debate about gay marriage and the
] sanctity of the bond between husband and wife? Nearly all
] of those now trying to push their views forward about
] what should be done with Terri Schiavo told us that
] marriage is a sacred trust between a man and a woman.
] Well, if that is what marriage means then it is very
] clear who should be making the medical decisions for
] Terri: her husband.