christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 27, 2005

The Republican House Majority Leader knows a thing or two about acts of barbarism. He and his family erred on the side of death when they pulled the plug on their 65 year old father. It's a decision made by hundreds of families without cameras, judges and politicians every day in America.

But when it comes to your family's lawful right to make these private and difficult life decisions, Republicans and their chosen leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, would rather play God.

And DeLay is among the strongest advocates of keeping the woman, who doctors say has been in a persistent vegetative state for 15 years, connected to her feeding tube. DeLay has denounced Schiavo's husband, as well as judges, for committing what he calls "an act of barbarism" in removing the tube.

In 1988, however, there was no such fiery rhetoric as the congressman quietly joined the sad family consensus to let his father die.

"There was no point to even really talking about it," Maxine DeLay, the congressman's 81-year-old widowed mother, recalled in an interview last week. "There was no way [Charles] wanted to live like that. Tom knew — we all knew — his father wouldn't have wanted to live that way."
[DeLay's Own Tragic Crossroads - L.A. Times - 03-27-05]