Conservatives Invoke Case in Fund-Raising Campaigns

Videotape of Terri Schiavo blinking at her parents has inspired donations from people around the country to the foundation set up to help pay for the family's legal battle. But many other groups are soliciting donations in her name as well, some for a much broader agenda.

"Help Save Terri Schiavo's Life!" says the Web site of the Traditional Values Coalition, a Christian conservative group best known for its campaigns against gay rights. Next to a link to the Web site of her parents' foundation is a pitch to "become an active supporter of the Traditional Values Coalition by pledging a monthly gift."

"What this issue has done is it has galvanized people the way nothing could have done in an off-election year," said Rev. Lou Sheldon, the founder of the group, acknowledging that the case of Ms. Schiavo, a severely brain-damaged Florida woman, had moved many to open up their checkbooks. "That is what I see as the blessing that dear Terri's life is offering to the conservative Christian movement in America."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/politics/25fund.html?
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As long as they're focusing on what's important.....

these folks are scamming people who really believe and sincerely wish the best for TS. I detest these hypocritcal monsters!

about a non-communicative life other than to use it for their own ends and 2] only care about power and the money it takes to keep it.

you see, thugs always pretend to speak for those who cannot because it's easier to use them as puppets than to force their lies down the throats of the verbal.

These creeps are only taking advantage of the situation to make money. The media, the politicians and the fundies are all taking advantage if this private family tragedy to make money yet they all hypocritically claim the moral high ground. They are some of the most rotten human beings on earth in my book.

of Ms. Shaivo's life. ICK.

In other words - he is suggesting that this fifteen year battle with this woman's condition - was "meant to be"... just so he and others could "galvinize" people and get them to pony up money to his organization. Opportunism, anyone?