Florida Capitol is site for event to call attention to the plight of disabled Florida woman.
Hundreds are expected to rally Sunday at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee to support a woman they’ve never met: Terri Schiavo.
“Terri has become a silent spokesperson for hundreds of thousands of medically vulnerable people in the United States and in the state of Florida,” said Carrie Gordon Earll, senior analyst for bioethics at Focus on the Family.
Florida Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer has set March 18—just nine days from today—as the date for Schiavo’s feeding tube to be removed. His ruling came at the behest of Schiavo’s husband, who has sought for years to have his wife put to death on the grounds that she “wouldn’t want to live” in her disabled state.
Focus on the Family is one of 12 pro-family organizations sponsoring the rally, which will begin at 3 p.m. on the steps of the “old” Capitol in the capitol courtyard.
Rally participants will hold some 1,000 long-stemmed red roses that will be delivered Monday to Florida lawmakers. The roses will bear a note: “No food or water” to symbolize what will be done to Terri Schiavo unless legislators intervene on her behalf.
“Rose Rally for Terri” speakers will include Terri Schiavo’s parents, Robert and Mary Schindler.
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Go over to Sherri’s and throw some money in her tip jar–she’s going to Tallahassee. Looks like she has quite a bit already, but every little bit helps.
