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May 25, 2006
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Catholic Wisconsin Governor stays on the embryo destruction train:
Gov. Jim Doyle broke with Wisconsin's two most prominent Catholic bishops on Wednesday, bluntly telling them he would not rethink his strong support of embryonic stem cell research.
"While I appreciate your thoughts on this important issue, I also feel a responsibility to promote vital research which holds the potential to save countless lives and bring thousands of jobs to our state," Doyle, a Catholic, wrote in a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan and Madison Bishop Robert Morlino.
The Democratic governor wrote in response to the bishops' letter on Monday in which they criticized an executive order he signed last month setting aside $5 million to recruit companies doing stem cell research to Wisconsin.
Doyle has consistently championed research using embryonic stem cells, which was pioneered at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has made the issue a central part of his re-election campaign. His challenger, U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, supports sharp limits on the research.
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Boy, sounds like an obstinate refusal to accept a doctrine of the Church to me.
Posted by: Marc at May 25, 2006 9:15:18 AM
"While I appreciate your thoughts on this important issue, I also feel a responsibility to promote vital research which holds the potential to save countless lives and bring thousands of jobs to our state,"
Funny, this is what the governor of OUR state said. Each governor is claiming that ESC research is going to bring in thousands of jobs. From where? The 4.7% unemployment rate must consist entirely of Ph.D.'s in embryonics (or maybe symbology).
Posted by: John J. Simmins at May 25, 2006 9:17:04 AM
Judging Auschwitz by the number of jobs it created for the local economy gets you how far in justifying it?
Posted by: little gidding at May 25, 2006 10:08:00 AM
A Moveon.com-type ad against Green is currently running in the western Wisconsin market. And so it goes . . .
Posted by: katymalone at May 25, 2006 10:36:14 AM
There was an announcement on the radio yesterday that the bishops in our area and the Catholic hospitals were pledging to work with state government to encourage people to donate umbilical cord stem cells and promote adult stem cell research. That was in New York. Hopefully it's catching on elsewhere. There is such ignorance about the difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells. If the governors would all read Wesley Smith's blog they might realize that they can support moral research that is proving to be much more succesful than that involving embryonic stem cells.
Posted by: lourdes at May 25, 2006 10:51:45 AM
I think it is catching on.
http://www.georgiabulletin.org.
Sorry for the imperfect link, but just click on the top (current) issue.
Posted by: Mike Petrik at May 25, 2006 12:10:11 PM
Another example of capitalism run amok. Doyle sounds like a Republican, for heaven's sake.
Posted by: Todd at May 25, 2006 12:23:32 PM
I'm sure that this is unfair so some few courageous and truly pro-life Dem. politicians, but it seems that the vast majority of them that proclaim themselves "pro-life" are just waiting around for the right price to sell out their faith and whore for Moloch.
Disheartening and disgusting.
(This also goes for certain GOP pols. who are also hanging out on the same boulevard...)
Posted by: Touchy Technician at May 25, 2006 12:38:43 PM
According to my mother-in-law, a conservative Democrat, who lives in Wisconsin, Doyle is fairly unpopular on a wide range of issues. She wouldn't be surprised ot see him lose in the fall.
Posted by: Donald R. McClarey at May 25, 2006 1:31:00 PM
Don's M-I-L is correct. Doyle's poll numbers are lousy and not likely to get better, despite some election-year trimming he's putting in his windows.
In general terms, Doyle is a flaming Madison liberal; there is little, if any, moral foundation to his actions in office on a wide range of issues.
He would fit well in Massachusetts.
Posted by: dad29 at May 25, 2006 1:42:07 PM
Todd,
You must not have read the article very closely. It said Doyle is a supporter of the culture of death. While there are (so I've heard) some Democrats who are pro-life, the idea of destroying innocent unborn life generally is the domain of Democrats. Do try to take more care in the reading of articles in the future, won't you?
Posted by: David B. at May 25, 2006 1:58:40 PM
"You must not have read the article very closely. It said Doyle is a supporter of the culture of death. While there are (so I've heard) some Democrats who are pro-life, the idea of destroying innocent unborn life generally is the domain of Democrats. Do try to take more care in the reading of articles in the future, won't you?"
It said he supported death in support of business opportunity, which Todd rightly said sounded LIKE an attitude one would find amongst the pragmatists in the Grand Old Party of Death.
Olympia Snowe, Rudy Giuliani, Arnold Schwartenegger, Christi Todd Whitman, Arlen Specter, Lincoln Chafee, Orrin Hatch, Bill Frist.... no party holds a monopoly on dealing with the devil, (which I firmly believe ANY support for abortion, or ANY support for research requiring the murder of an embryo is.)
Posted by: anon at May 25, 2006 3:44:18 PM
He would fit well in Massachusetts.
Come November, he'll have to start looking. Doyle's governing...um...style has worn on my nerves since he was elected to office.
He's helped make this state a black hole of immorality and taxes, with a dash of favoritism to trial lawyers for extra spice.
His holier-than-thou response to our Archbishop Dolan (who is working very hard to undo some of his predecessors doings) smacked of the arrogance with which Doyle operates on a daily basis.
I'm thankful in that I didn't vote for him, and will be working to get him out of office in six months' time.
Posted by: Amy P. at May 25, 2006 5:10:35 PM
David, I'm not ready to concede the full spectrum of the so-called culture of death to the Democrats. Emryonic stem-cell research as a money making venture: that's straight Republicanism, the party that first supported abortion on demand (and largely maintains the status quo) as a way for the medical profession to earn more money.
No, on second read, I think I have it right. Doyle's a closet mammonist in flaming liberal clothing, if you will.
Posted by: Todd at May 25, 2006 10:24:02 PM
It is not "adult stem cell" research. This is propagandist language. It is properly called "hematopoietic stem cell" research. (This avoids some craziness-like getting "adult stem cells" from neonatal umbilical cord blood.) Secondly, it defines specifically the limitations of this set of stem cells-to that of hematopoietic lineage.
Despite political inclinations and talking points others have set out, I suggest more specific and accurate language. Unless there is a new blogland declaration that language is unimportant.
Posted by: Daniel H. Conway at May 26, 2006 7:27:36 AM
Oh, on the subject of the party of death...
The stealth revelation of the spring-that the highest ranking government official who is a card-carrying member of the "Party of Death" is Condeleeza Rice (pro-abort, pro-war, pro-death penalty-a seamless shroud philosophy). Can't wait to hear her embryonic stem cell opinions.
Republicans need some house cleaning.
Posted by: Daniel H. Conway at May 26, 2006 8:02:03 AM
So, how about that death penalty? It could be on the ballot next election? Which will you choose?
Furthermore: Look around you at the body-bags being brought home this memorial day. Thank the republicans. How pro-life is that?
Republicans don't give a rat's hind end about things that are alive (see the defunding of social services, the ANWAR issue), instead they harp on things that are minimally - no not even plausably alive, and even worse when they're done with that they harp on condom availability. In truth, these things will never change, because rich kids will need abortions, and rich sons will need condoms - no matter what faith the baptism says they profess.
And so it will be as it always has been the faith of the faithful is being used as a pawn and people are playing into it. It's quite sad. No, make that tragic. After all it is Memorial Day.
Posted by: sk at May 29, 2006 2:16:55 AM
