The husband

CNN.com - Spouse as next of kin has deep roots - Mar 29, 2005

"It's odd that conservative Christians would be making this claim," said Christopher Schroeder, director of the public law program at Duke University. "You can find biblical passages that say once you have a union like this, the union's all that matters. The parents drop out of the picture."

This article echos what I was saying earlier about this case. I don't like Michael Schiavo's decision, and I question his motives. I do however believe that it is his job as a husband to make these kind of decisions for his family. I think the family institution will be damaged if the courts take the husband's responsibility away from him.

He has responsiblity over his wife's medical care. He will be judged based on the motives of his heart in eternity. There is no way that a court here on earth will be able to do that.