By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 1:54 PM
Several Christian and conservative leaders will meet in St. Louis this weekend to hold a rally against Amendement 2, the Stem Cell ballot initiative. Labels: Health
Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Alan Keyes, Rick Scarborough, and Star Parker will be among the featured speakers at Saturday's "Christians Against Human Cloning" rally at St. Alphonsus "Rock" Church, 1118 N. Grand Blvd., in the center of St. Louis City.
Several pastors and church leaders from the area are expected to attend and will be asked to urge their flocks to vote against the controversial amendment.
Supporters of the bill point to language in the proposal which states "No person may clone or attempt to clone a human being." But opponents say the full text of the amendment places a very narrow definition on what "cloning" actually is, thus leaving open the possibility for cloning as most know it.
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Catholics believe the very act of creating human embryos--the first act required in stem cell research--is immoral and should be banned by law. It doesn't matter to them what the definition of "cloning" is; Catholics see the creation of a human embryo in a petri dish, even if it consists of a single cell, as a human person, not a product of technology. Anything hindering that person's ability to mature into a live birth is an interference with its God-given destiny.
Catholics don't care if stem cell research saves lives or cures disease. They're not concerned about cloning (although obviously, this is a misuse of a fertilized human egg, and therefore, a moral sin). Their objection to Amendment 2 is that it does not outlaw in vitro fertilization, i.e., the very creation of fertilized human eggs.
Let's just see if Keyes, Scarborough, and Parker will own up to this Catholic doctrine, or whether they will try to pawn it off on a belief ALL Christians hold (or should hold). I'm a Christian, and I don't buy it.
10/26/2006 3:25 PM
Opponents say the full text of the amendment places a very narrow definition on what "cloning" actually is, thus leaving open the possibility for cloning as most know it.
Which is, of course, patently false.
10/26/2006 3:45 PM
The Republican Party used to stand for business but now it stands for "family values."
The fact that these individuals have the ability to influence legislation which they define as "immoral" is disturbing.
Some of these religious fanatics would establish a Theocracy if they had more power.
Vote Yes on Amendment two. A No vote would allow the radical right to ban stem cell research in the future. A Constitutional Amendment is the only way to completely protect Stem Cell Research.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/2006petitions/ppStemCell.asp
10/26/2006 6:36 PM
Hey, just to comment on what anonymous says about what "Catholics believe" I just want to point out that the opinions of the Church are not necessarily identical to those of Catholics as a group. There are a great many Catholics who disagree with a great deal of what Archbishop Burke says and does, and there is a good deal of disagreement on the meaning of Amendment 2 among the flock.
10/27/2006 8:10 AM
I just spent 3 days trying to read this thing and have come to the conclution that what lawers on both sides have sead that if it passes it will tied up in cort for ever,why do we need a Constitutional Amendment for this?
10/27/2006 12:33 PM
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