What we are against, is the forcable rape of our values and morals by other people who do not share them. You may argue all day and all night for this type of research. I say, go ahead and do it. Just don't take the money out of my wallet to do it! There are no laws which forbid it. Take your argument to other people like Oprah and Ted Turner. They have much more money than I do. Why not yell at them, because they are not financing this "research". They don't have a problem with it. I do. Leave me and my money alone.
I completely agree with you that tax dollars shouldn't be used for this type of research. However, tax dollars shouldn't be used for any type of medical research or treatment that isn't clearly a national security issue. And as long as my wallet is being raided to provide zillions of dollars in free medical care to people who stuff themselves and smoke and abuse drugs and alcohol and have unprotected promiscuous sex, and to fund all sorts of medical research that could just as well be conducted with private funding, then I want embryonic stem cell research funded with tax dollars too. When I get to keep that portion of my money that's currently being spent by the government on medical research and treatment programs, then I'll have plenty of money to do my part to fund embryonic stem cell research.
I hate socialism!