{"id":8693,"date":"2002-09-17T17:18:35","date_gmt":"2002-09-17T22:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2002\/09\/17\/i-wish-i-could-cry-like-superman\/"},"modified":"2002-09-17T17:18:35","modified_gmt":"2002-09-17T22:18:35","slug":"i-wish-i-could-cry-like-superman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2002\/09\/i-wish-i-could-cry-like-superman\/","title":{"rendered":"I wish I could CRY like Superman"},"content":{"rendered":"

The actor Christopher Reeve,
\nparalysed seven years ago in a riding accident, says he could have been close to
\nwalking again today were it not for the Bush administration’s capitulation to
\nthe Catholic church over cloning, and profiteering by the US pharmaceutical
\nindustry. <\/p>\n

…”There are religious groups – the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I
\nbelieve – who think it’s a sin to have a blood transfusion. Well, what if the
\npresident for some reason decided to listen to them, instead of to the
\nCatholics, which is the group he really listens to in making his decisions about
\nembryonic stem cell research?” Reeve says. “Where would we be with blood
\ntransfusions?”<\/font> Full
\narticle<\/a> <\/p>\n

I am sympathetic to Christopher Reeves and his family
\nbecause of what happened to him from his accident, but he is really misdirecting
\nhis anger. I wish that President Bush really did follow the Catholic Church’s
\nposition on stem-cell and not the Solomon-like decision that he made. His
\nargument that compares blood transfusions with banning of embryonic stem cell
\nresearch is totally mistaken. There is a gigantic difference between the
\nJehovah’s Witnesses misreading of the Bible and the reasoned approach of the
\nChurch on embryonic stem-cell research. It really saddens me when someone
\ndecides that someone else must die so that they might live better. Mr. Reeves
\nmore than likely does not believe in life at conception and probably does not
\nunderstand what his demands really entail. He also must have really great faith
\nin science to believe that the government and the Church are the only thing that
\nprevents him from being healed. I know that I will be praying tonight for Mr.
\nReeves and those like him who are so entrenched in the culture of death that
\nthey may realize the humanity and awesome dignity of those who they would
\nsacrifice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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