Earlier this morning, hundreds gathered at an all-day prayer vigil at the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee to beg for Florida's highest legislator to take action.
"We are here on Good Friday to ask Governor Jeb Bush to intervene to save the life of Terri Schiavo. The governor has it within his power to rescue Terri, her life is in the governor's hand," said Rev. Patrick Mahoney, Director of the Christian Defense Coalition.
Suzanne Vitadamo, Terri's sister told the Associated Press yesterday that, "We're minute by minute right now. But it doesn't look like we have much left."
Christians and religious groups nationwide have been banding together, praying and begging for mercy for Terri Schiavo.
Fr. Frank Pavone national Director of Priests for Life strongly criticized the courts' decission and said it was time for "a new civil desobedience."
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Some African-American church leaders in particular, have been calling on their congregations to take action.
Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson, a prominent African American minister issued a statement saying, "Like most Americans I have been following the Terri Schiavo case watching the legal battle and emotional drama between Terri's parents and her husband Michael Schiavo."
"During this process", he said, "Terri's fight has become a rallying point for most Conservative Christians with the exception of blacks. Nearly all the people fighting and protesting to keep Terri alive are white! Where are the prominent black ministers?"