Terri Schiavo's former husband has married his longtime girlfriend

[kpete]

Terri Schiavo's former husband marries

Sunday, January 22, 2006; Posted: 1:41 p.m. EST (18:41 GMT)


SAFETY HARBOR, Florida (AP) -- Terri Schiavo's former husband has married his longtime girlfriend, friends and family members say.

Michael Schiavo and his longtime girlfriend, Jodi Centonze, were wed Saturday at a church in Florida. The bride's brother says it was a very emotional ceremony.

Schiavo's former wife, Terri, had suffered severe brain damage more than a decade ago and died last March after her feeding tube was removed.

Michael Schiavo had argued his wife was in a vegetative state, and would not want to be kept alive artificially.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/22/schiavo.marry.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[BlueStater]

1. Is CNN stalking him or something?

Well, congratulations to Mr. Schiavo anyway.

[kevinbgoode]

2. Good for him . . .it's time he got to put that family

and the religious crazies who attacked the sanctity of his marriage behind him.

[YOY]

3. How dare he???

He isn't entitled to an iota of happiness. He was supposed to fritter and waste his life away looking after a vegetable! That's what GAWD was trying to tell him! :sarcasm:

[HockeyMom]

4. Good for him

If I died in my 30s, I would expect my husband to carry on with his life.

[SW FL Dem]

5. I wish them the best.

It's about time they were able to have a normal life.

[DanCa]

6. Again cnn can you please leave schiavo alone.

Gawd what is up with people lately. And I use the word people loosely.

[Maddy McCall]

7. Congrats, Michael.

[eyesroll]

8. Would they say, "Ronald Reagan's former wife Nancy?"

Even if they were saying "Ronald Reagan's former wife Nancy has remarried?"


I was unaware when you die, your spouse has divorced you. I believe the proper term for Michael is "widower."

(Edited to add: I know it was like that in the original.)

[UTUSN]

9. Congratulations to him. n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

10. "Former husband" sounds like they were divorced. Wasn't he a widower

since they were married when she died?

[elehhhhna]

13. good catch.

[BlueStater]

17. CNN probably did that on purpose.

I wouldn't put it past them. Like all media filth, they have zero integrity.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Congratulations to them both.

May they be very happy together.

[Heewack]

12. Get ready for the wingnuts to go berzerk

Good for him. Time to move on.

[Horse with no Name]

14. Actually studies have been done

That say that people that really loved their spouses will usually remarry within a year of their death. (edited to add if the former spouse has had a lengthy illness because they have already grieved).
This is healthy.
Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Schiavo. May you have a wonderful life together.

[boobooday]

15. I wish them peace and privacy

It will be hard to find, most likely, but they deserve it.

[BlueStater]

16. Free Republic scum react to Schiavo remarrying

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1562409/posts

[MoonRiver]

18. Unbelievable sickos.

Why did I look??? :banghead:

And congrats to the happy couple. They deserve happiness.