VOLUME XCI - NO. 17 | 115 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GOSPEL | MAY 9-15, 2015
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Camp brings kids
closer to Christ
D
r. Tom Newman wheeled himself to
the microphone before a commit-
tee of state lawmakers and a crowd
at the Capitol, who were gathered to listen
to heart-wrenching testimony of personal
trials and passionate views on both sides of
physician-assisted suicide.
The doctor, who said he is a cancer sur-
vivor and uses a wheelchair, testifi ed at the
Capitol for the fi rst time in February. He
told lawmakers the destructive legislation
would confuse the meaning of "death with
dignity," especially for the disabled like his
son, who died of ALS.
"This bill dignifi es suicide because it
redefi nes it," he said Feb. 6. "The words
'death with dignity' is a ploy. It's a politi-
cal marketing tool … to sell to the public
the comforting idea of physicians' tacit
approval of suicide given by lethal means."
After 11 hours of testimony from the
public, lawmakers defeated the bill.
It was a victory for life and example of
the critical role parishioners like Newman,
of Risen Christ Parish, play in the political
process at the state Capitol,
said Jenny Kraska, executive
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BY NISSA LAPOINT
303-715-3138
nissa.lapoint@archden.org
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Lawmakers meet during a legislative session at the Capitol. PHOTO BY MANUEL MARTINEZ/DENVER POST
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