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CARDINAL ATTACKS LESBIAN IVF PLANS
Daily Express ^

Posted on 11/19/2007 4:48:40 AM PST by UKrepublican

CARDINAL ATTACKS LESBIAN IVF PLANS

The role of fathers would be "radically undermined" by legislation aimed at making it easier for lesbian couples to become parents through fertility treatment, the most senior Roman Catholic clergyman in England and Wales has warned.

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor expressed strong opposition to the proposed legislation contained in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to be debated in the House of Lords.

The Bill includes recognition of same-sex couples as legal parents, and removes the necessity for IVF clinics to consider the "need for a father" when exercising their duty to take account of an unborn child's welfare.

In a letter to The Times, the Cardinal said: "The Bill proposes to remove the need for IVF providers to take into account the child's need for a father when considering an IVF application, and to confer legal parenthood on people who have no biological relationship to a child born as a result of IVF.

"This radically undermines the place of the father in a child's life, and makes the natural rights of the child subordinate to the desires of the couple. It is profoundly wrong."

The Cardinal called on Gordon Brown to follow the example of the Opposition parties and allow Labour members of both Houses of Parliament a free vote on the Bill.

His intervention comes as family campaigners stepped up opposition to the plans.

Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said the legislation would drive a "nail in the coffin" of the traditional family.

But Ben Summerskill, chief executive of the gay rights group Stonewall, said the Bill would merely extend the right already available to heterosexuals.

The Bill would open the door to experiments involving human animal hybrid embryos including "cytoplasmic" embryos, which are 99.9% human, and "true hybrids" carrying both human and animal genes.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: ivf; uk
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1 posted on 11/19/2007 4:48:40 AM PST by UKrepublican
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To: Tribune7; SoCalPol; Lil'freeper; mrsmel; wideawake; chasio649; expatpat; HanneyBean; goose; ...

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2 posted on 11/19/2007 4:49:04 AM PST by UKrepublican
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To: UKrepublican

Ping


3 posted on 11/19/2007 4:54:16 AM PST by glide625
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To: UKrepublican
""This radically undermines the place of the father in a child's life, and makes the natural rights of the child subordinate to the desires of the couple. It is profoundly wrong."

Not only is it profoundly wrong, it's pure evil. The rights of a child to grow up in a natural environment as nature intended should be protected. This amounts to nothing less than brainwashing and conditioning children from birth to think homosexual behavior is normal instead of an unnatural perversion.

4 posted on 11/19/2007 4:58:59 AM PST by Nathan Zachary
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To: UKrepublican
The Bill would open the door to experiments involving human animal hybrid embryos including "cytoplasmic" embryos, which are 99.9% human, and "true hybrids" carrying both human and animal genes.

Interspecies hybrids? What's up with that? How does this uplift the human condition?

5 posted on 11/19/2007 5:02:28 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
I don't know .... I sometimes think I need an elephants memory, jaguar speed, ant strength and mouse immune system. Though, with my luck, I would end up with mouse's strength, an ant's work ethic, a turtle's speed and back hair of a gorilla ..... wait, I already have the back hair.

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6 posted on 11/19/2007 5:10:02 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: UKrepublican

Shades of Valerie Solanas.


7 posted on 11/19/2007 5:45:05 AM PST by onedoug
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To: UKrepublican

***The Bill would open the door to experiments involving human animal hybrid embryos including “cytoplasmic” embryos, which are 99.9% human, and “true hybrids” carrying both human and animal genes.***

WHAT THE HECK?


8 posted on 11/19/2007 6:15:53 AM PST by wastedyears (One Marine vs. 550 consultants. Sounds like good odds to me.)
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This is what the feminists have wrought....FATHERLESS CHILDREN!


9 posted on 11/19/2007 6:22:15 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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Belittling men has always been part of their agenda.

I'm still waiting for some group to take my idea and put up large billboards outside of sperm donation centers that read "Do You want Your Sons to be Raised by Lesbians?"

10 posted on 11/19/2007 6:26:31 AM PST by Last Dakotan
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To: wastedyears; Zuben Elgenubi
FYI:

Hybrid embryos get go-ahead

Human-cow hybrid embryo planned

UK: Plan to create human-cow embryos

11 posted on 11/19/2007 6:28:04 AM PST by BlessedBeGod
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To: UKrepublican

“The Bill would open the door to experiments involving human animal hybrid embryos including “cytoplasmic” embryos, which are 99.9% human, and “true hybrids” carrying both human and animal genes.”

We’re heading towards 9 billion people on this planet, many of whom live in dire poverty, and they come up with this.


12 posted on 11/19/2007 6:42:06 AM PST by beejaa
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To: Last Dakotan

“Belittling men has always been part of their agenda.
I’m still waiting for some group to take my idea and put up large billboards outside of sperm donation centers that read “Do You want Your Sons to be Raised by Lesbians?””

Your billboard would be defaced in no time. PFOX put up a billboard here in Richmond, Va., saying that homosexuals can change and this is what happened. I’m not sure how long the billboard was on display, but I think it was only a few days.


13 posted on 11/19/2007 6:45:01 AM PST by beejaa
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To: Last Dakotan

“Belittling men has always been part of their agenda.”

I don’t understand why feminists don’t learn more from the inner city. When boys/men do not assume the role of father/protector/provider for their families, they do things like join gangs. My theory is that not having a father at home and having few male teachers in school encourages inner city youth to band together with other males in gangs. Male energy has to go somewhere, and if they don’t find a legal productive role, they’ll find another outlet.


14 posted on 11/19/2007 6:49:49 AM PST by beejaa
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To: Nathan Zachary
Homosexuals and Lesbians, can only indoctrinate, not procreate...
15 posted on 11/19/2007 6:51:51 AM PST by thinking
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These Lezzies need a good lickin'!!!!

I mean, they want to be mothers without a dude to protect them from the impending social collapse in Britain.

The Butch babes over there must be tough!

Or maybe the gurly men are the reason why this is happening.

This is actually about the intergenerational transmission of the gay lifestyle.

Gay Women of Britain Untie! You have nothing to lose but some semen!

16 posted on 11/19/2007 7:41:04 PM PST by Candor7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(1258))
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