Upcoming stem cell vote in MO

It has been a busy and very stressful time the last few days, so I apologize for not blogging as often as I have been. Things have settled down, however, so I should be getting back to nearly daily blogging. I want to continue talking about Islam, but I also want to touch on some questions I was asked recently about Mass. Lastly, I have some pics of the Cathdral Basilica and I thought I'd dedicate a blog entry to that and my experience at Cathedral so far. For today, however, I want to focus on the stem cell research bill in Missouri.

The state of Missouri is just over a month away from passing an amendment that would give nearly unlimited embryonic stem-cell research federal and state funding. The amendment goes so far as to ban ANY legislative or judicial recourse to prevent or alter this amendment. The primary weapon these advocates are using to pass this amendment is ignorance or lack of understanding by the public of the reality of embryonic stem-cell research and cloning. In today's blog entry, I want to give my readers some important resources that will help in understanding the truth of embryonic stem-cell research, cloning and this proposed Missouri Amendment.

First, Fr. Edward Richard, is a tremendous resource in understanding the immorality of embryonic stem-cell research and this Missouri Amendment. Fr. Richard, who is the vice-rector here at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, is also the Moral Theology professor here. He has an Masters of Divinity from Kenrick in 1991 and a Doctorate in Moral Theology from the Academia Alfonsiana in Rome in 1996. I direct my readers to him because he has an oustanding wealth of information about stem-cells, cloning and the Missouri Amendment. For example, there is an online video in which he is interviewed about stem cells and cloning. I would highly recommend viewing this video. His video is fantastic in describing and helping to understand the immorality and actual process of stem-cells and cloning. I cannot stress enough to my readers to view this video. It is, by far, the best description of stem-cell issues I have ever seen.

The St. Louis Review, the St. Louis Archdiocesan newspaper, also has some recent articles that are very good. One of these article, written by Fr. Richard for the 'Dear Father' section of the newspaper, discusses ways to learn about stem cell research.

This upcoming vote in Missouri is pivotal to the future of stems cell research in the U.S. If it goes the wrong way, it could open the floodgates to human life at its most defenseless time becoming simply a commodity on the market. Until next time...God bless.

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#1  27 September 2006 - 06:26

 

Hi!
Thanks for all this stem-cell information. Keep it coming. I pray for a cure for MS and epilepsy everyday. I just want us to be cured without loss of life.
Take care, God bless and we'll chat soon.
Tina

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#2  21 October 2006 - 07:14

 

I have made a number of updates to the blog on stem cells and other life issues recently. I will try to keep that up between now and the election.

Fr. Richard

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