"Your wife was stating the positive truth about stem cell research "
No, she was stating something spouted off by Mel Gibson, hardly a bastion of biological knowledge.
That said, she did NOT deserve to be fired.
Those who believe that embryonic stem cells hold more promise than stem cells from placenta are likely adherents to the debunked junk science of evolution.
Why the rush to an emotionally charged "appeal to authority" falacy? Shirley you know the validity of the statemnt is independent of who "spouted" it "off". (And YES, I just called you "Shirley". ha ha ha).