I haven’t heard much about the cloning ban lately until I got a few news alerts in my email today and yesterday. All of them come from the Pathway from the Missouri Baptist Convention:
JEFFERSON CITY—The case of Cures Without Cloning (CWC) v. Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee is likely to debut in November or December in Cole County Circuit Court.
To me, this means that it may be a very long time before we can begin to collect signatures, which may hurt our chances for an appearance on next year’s November ballot.
OSAGE BEACH—The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board on Oct. 31 authorized a recommendation from the Audit/Finance Work Group of the Support Services Committee that $200,000 from reserves be given to the Christian Life Commission (CLC) for the battle against human cloning.
We’re going to need all the money we can get once this thing gets going. They came at us with over $30 mil last time. It may get even uglier this time.
Count IV of the complaint filed Oct. 19 in Cole County Circuit Court by Cures Without Cloning alleges that Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee violated five sections of the Missouri Constitution in writing the ballot summary, fiscal note and fiscal note summary for an initiatiave proposal concerning embryonic stem cell research. Those alleged violations are in Article I, Sections 2, 3, 8 and 25, and in Article III, Section 49. Here is that portion of the complaint: Read the rest
There’s no doubt that the language the SOS approved is not just deceptive, but it is downright criminal.
We are going to need lots of spiritual help for this one. It’s time to restart the Rosary Crusade to Safeguard Embryonic Human Life.
On a related note, voters in NJ rejected a measure that would borrow $450 million for human cloning and stem cell research. I’m not quite sure if that reflects the voters fiscal or ethical views, but it’s a plus just the same.