This week there were new developments in stem cell research, and the battle to allow Federal Funding for stem cell research. Stem Cell researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute made discoveries that may one day allow scientists and biologists to create stem cells from adult cells, instead of having to destroy an embryo to harvest them. In Washington D.C., The Congress passed a landmark Federal Stem Cell Reseach bill, and was promised a veto from the President.
This paves the way for a new argument from the Christian Right to halt stem cell research. I believe their fundamental argument is that altering god's work is unethical, as well as the destruction of the embryos. When any type of abortion or destruction of embryos is taken out of the equation, I'll be willing to bet the Christian Right will still protest this important work.
This meshes with another problem I have with the Christian Right, their intolerance of homosexuals. With the human genome now fully mapped, I believe that Christians should prepare themselves for science to prove that some (not all) homosexuality is genetic in origin, and therefore part of god's plan. While some Christians will have a problem with stem cell research to cure Parkinson's or Diabetes, I'd be willing to bet they'd be happy to find some sort of cure* for being big-n-gay while the "gaylings" were still in the womb. It would have to be cheaper than homosexual deprogramming, or as it is better known - brainwashing.
While I'm on the subject of gays, what's the deal with gays in the military? I keep hearing about all the homosexual Arab linguists - one of the hardest slots to fill, and one of the most important positions in Iraq - being fired from the military. I have a real big problem with that. Once, a younger and more conservative Brandon had a conversation with a former Isralei soldier regarding gays in the military; right after Clinton instituted "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". This man was wise beyond his years, probably because of his horrible experience fighting for the IDF. He told me "In Israel, it is enough that they are willing to die for Israel. Who cares who they fuck..." Simple, yet elegant. I believe enough said.
* Note: I'm just using Christian terminology here. I don't believe that homosexuality is something to be "cured". We are who we are, and that's all we are. It's all we can be.
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Are you a fag? God hates fags and their defenders, you will surely burn in hell.
The Westboro Baptist Church is on to you pal!
http://www.godhatesfags.com
Wow, the comment above is so ignorant and mean, I don't even know where to start to attack it, so I won't even bother. These people are their own worst enemy. Just check out their website, it is hilarious in a disturbing, cultish way. It looks and reads like it was written by a 3rd grader, or more likely, someone with the intellect of a mentally disabled 3rd grader.
Westboro Baptist Church is that crazy church that protests soldier's funerals, saying that the soldiers deserved to die for defending a country that tolerates sodomy and homosexuality. I'm sure that's why our soldiers are dying in Iraq, not because of our stupid, misinformed executive branch. That couldn't be it, it has to be god.
Brandon.
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