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The court opinion on the Florida behavior was clear. The judge considered the behavior appalling, but it complied with the letter of Florida law. Florida law required that the power of attorney let the partner be involved in medical decisions. She was. (You don't have to see the patient to answer treatment questions from doctors.) From the court opinion it's not clear what the social worker's personal opinion was, but the statements did reflect hospital policy accurately. So the court ruled that it could not penalize the hospital or staff. The law in Florida permits barbaric treatment of families.

It's not only with gays that Florida law is barbaric. The court found over a dozen prior rulings on equally barbaric treatment, all of which held that the law was clear and that hospitals have no obligation to treat families with any dignity or respect in Florida. The other barbaric treatments did not involve gays. They were motivated by everything from lazy indifference to class differences.

The pronunciation guide that I've found best for the various phth sounds is to say "off the wall" with normal pronunciation that slurs the words together.

These are usually from the Greek phi-theta, which often mutated into pi-tau over time. This mutation is common to all human languages. phi-theta is very fragile.

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