>Is it simply Catholic lobbying that has thwarted stem cell research -
>aren't other religious groups to blame here as well? Bush, for
>example, is Methodist,
an episcopalian if that matters. interesting in that fundamentalists do Not like episcopalians -- generally too liberal, too willing to question.
there are religion groups involved on both sides. the ones we hear the most about are the most conservative, as usual.
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>and undeoubtedly has ties to a rainbow of fundie
>groups,but Reeve singles out the Catholic Church. Are
>there any other human rights concerns (outside the religious sphere) regarding
>stem cell research (as in the area of cloning, for example)?
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>Brian
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>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020917/hl_nm/reeve_research_dc_1
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>Reeve Blames Church, Bush for Research Obstruction
>Tue Sep 17,10:23 AM ET
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>LONDON (Reuters) - Christopher Reeve, the Hollywood
>star paralyzed from the neck down, said on Tuesday the Catholic Church and
>President Bush had obstructed research that might free
>him from his wheelchair.
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>"There are religious groups--the Jehovah's Witness, I believe--who think
>it's a sin to have a blood transfusion. Well, what if the
>president for some reason decided to listen to them, instead of to the
>Catholics, which is the group he really listens to in making his decisions
>about embryonic stem cell research?" Reeve was quoted as saying.
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>"And Mr. Block thinks he may / Be President some day." - Joe Hill, "Mr.
>Block"