Massachusetts Governor Opposes Stem Cell Work

New York Times ^ | 2/10/05 | PAM BELLUCK

[hocndoc]

Thanks for the ping and thank the Governor for this "bright line" which he will not cross.

[Lexinom]

This is a real problem. Most of the heavyweights being bandied about as 2008 contendors - Giuliani, Romney, Rice - are liberals on social issues, including the life ones.

Like it or not, abortion/life issues are the ones that will define us in a historical context: they are the issues whose impact will endure from generation to generation. The impact of the Jewish holocaust are felt even today, and the sore will never completely close. We've killed 7 times as many as Adolph Hitler, and yet have the gall to vilify him. We rightly condemn slavery, but have no leg to stand on because where we condemn practices applied by race we allow (and in some cases celebrate) even worse practices applied by age.

With embryonic stem cell research, human life becomes a trading commodity. Some call this the evolution of the race. I call it reprehensible and damning.

[MHGinTN]

"Some of the practices that Harvard and probably other institutions in Massachusetts ... Is Worcester no longer in the state? ... Is this governor completely unaware of Advanced Cell Technologies, in Worcester Massatwosh!ts?

[George from New England]

Knock. Knock. I'm right next door here in CT.

Can we trade governors ?

I want yours and please take mine!

[Coleus]

Advanced Cell Technologies

http://www.advancedcell.com/

I bet they employ a lot of people and pay plenty of taxes.