Laws are made by men, and say anything they want to say. They can say that humans whose skins are black are subhuman, and fit only for slavery ... and have. They can say that humans of Jewish extraction are subhuman, and fit only for slave labor, followed by gassing ... and have.
And they can say that it's peachy to conceive a human embryo and kill it for spare parts.
All the laws in the world can't make something that is wrong into something that is right. Until we recognize that, we are only going to find ourselves in more and more serious trouble, as a nation, and as a culture.
". They can say that humans whose skins are black are subhuman, and fit only for slavery ."
We'll leave aside the obvious straw man here, and just say that those laws WERE changed; as their injustice was obvious to all, save a few. No such injustice exists here, in the minds of a vast majority.
"They can say that humans of Jewish extraction are subhuman, and fit only for slave labor, followed by gassing ... and have."
Ahh, the tired-but-expected "Nazi" reference, without which NO thread, on ANY topic, would be complete. It is so worn now as to be useless, but in any case, that was Germany, not the U.S., and to compare the Holocaust to a search for remedies to disease, using embryonic cells (as opposed to humans) is worlds apart.
"And they can say that it's peachy to conceive a human embryo and kill it for spare parts."
Nice hyperbole, but the issue is quite a bit more complex than this slogan. It is less emotional, too. First, there is no chance of the embryo being born, or becoming human. None. Thus, it is not being "killed", "murdered", or any OTHER loaded word. Second, the concept is quite "peachy" to those whose lives would be lengthened or improved by the knowledge gained. Just who decides the priority here?
"All the laws in the world can't make something that is wrong into something that is right. Until we recognize that, we are only going to find ourselves in more and more serious trouble, as a nation, and as a culture"
As the title says, spare me the sermon. I do not and will not believe this is the threat you paint it as.