Pinellas Judge George Greer Attains New Fame, Infamy in Schiavo Case

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBXLDSAS6E.html

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Amid the pitched legal battle over Terri Schiavo that has been fought through his court, Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer has been under the protection of armed guards, and friends say his family also is protected.

Death threats have been made against him for allowing Michael Schiavo to remove the feeding tube that has kept his 41-year-old wife alive for the past 15 years, and the Southern Baptist church that Greer belonged to for years has asked him to leave the congregation.

Greer - a conservative Christian and longtime Republican known for an easy manner - has become the public face of the judiciary in this internationally watched fight.

But despite the mounting pressure, he has been steadfast in his rulings that Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegetative state and did not want to be kept alive artificially.


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[Cha]

1. Glad for the irony that Greer is

a repub and not a Democrat.

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2. FL state court Judge Greer's church asks him to leave . . .

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FL state court Judge Greer's church asks him to leave . . .

"Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer left his church last week after the pastor wrote him a letter suggesting 'it might be easier for all of us' if he leave.

"Greer, whose orders on the Terri Schiavo case have brought him criticism, is a Southern Baptist who attended Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater.

"Though he had other unrelated problems with the church, Greer's attendance faltered after a Baptist publication the church supported criticized his decisions in the Schiavo case. He stopped his donations to the church, but remained a member. He briefly discussed his relationship with the church in a March 6(, 2005) St. Petersburg Times article.

"Four days later, Calvary Pastor William Rice wrote Greer a letter: 'I am not asking you to do this, but since you have taken the initiative of withdrawal, and since your connection with Calvary continues to be a point of concern, it would seem the logical and, I would say, biblical course.' "

http://www.sptimes.com/2005/03/22/Tampabay/Judge_Greer_parts_way.shtml


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