Knights of Columbus APPLAUDS Presidential veto of stem cell bill

[Bluebear]

Knights of Columbus Applauds Presidential Veto of Stem Cell Bill

Contact: Patrick Korten, Knights of Columbus, 203-752-4474

NEW HAVEN, Conn., July 19 /Christian Newswire/ -- Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson today thanked President Bush for vetoing H.R. 810, the so-called "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act," which would, for the very first time, provide federal funds for research in which human embryos are destroyed.

"This stem cell bill is eminently worthy of President Bush's first veto," Anderson said. "It would provide federal funding for the very first time for research involving the deliberate destruction of living human embryos, a practice that is terribly wrong. It is profoundly immoral to create human life in order to destroy it, whatever the theoretical benefit might be. Actual benefits from stem cell research have thus far come entirely from ethical research on adult stem cells, which has produced dozens of successful therapies for a variety of diseases."

"Every human life, no matter how small, should be protected in law. Unfortunately, in America the destruction of unborn human life is perfectly legal, whether in a laboratory or in an abortion clinic," Anderson continued. "This bill would add insult to injury by forcing the taxpayers to pay for the destruction, and that is unconscionable."

Anderson concluded, "President Bush has done the right thing in vetoing this measure, and it appears that his veto will not be overridden. The Knights of Columbus, one of the largest pro-life organizations in the world, appreciates the President's action, and calls upon members of Congress to focus on stem cell research that does not violate basic human dignity."

The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest lay Catholic organization, with more than 1.7 million members in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America, the Philippines and Poland. Last year it donated more than 139 million and 64 million volunteer hours to charity.

http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/99424570.html

[Warren DeMontague]

1. And the Knights of My Bungus Say, if these shitheads don't want treatments

developed from stem cells and embryos that were going to be destroyed anyway, then they shouldn't use them.

But leave the rest of us out of it. Assholes.

[Postman]

2. The Catholic Church has been hijacked by lunatics...

I've never seen such mass idiocy in my life.

[DanCa]

3. Does this surprise anyone?

You can't be in the Drag quee- eh sorry, Knights club unless your a pro life fundy. Or at least that was the rule in my old family's church.

[MADem]

4. Of course....world's largest lay Catholic organization

Opus Dei for the ignorant, have another drink, masses.

You expected something else from them???

[Beausoir]

5. *hic* No more schtem shells, goddammit!

I've known quite a few Knights. It's just an excuse to get massively piss in yer pants drunk at the lodge whilst downing huge quantities of meatballs and sauce.

Great parties! And green beer on St Paddy's!

[TlalocW]

6. Huh...

"the deliberate destruction of living human embryos, a practice that is terribly wrong"

Why are they not clamoring for the closing of fertility clinics then? Why aren't they out there protesting and going all Operation Rescue Circa 1991 on them then?

TlalocW

[flyarm]

7. well they will never get a dime from me!!..F' em!! n/t

[tinfoil tiaras]

8. I thought the Knights of Columbus was a chapter of the KKK

it kinda sounded like it....the name and beliefs and such....

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Nah

they were formed by the Catholic Church as an answer to the Masons and Knights Templar (of which I am both). Catholic Church hates these organizations (just like the Nazi Party they helped out in WW2). But they realized men like fraternal organizations and founded the K of C.

[K8-EEE]

9. This Is Why I Left The Church At Age 44

I guess I have something to thank Bush for, thanks for liberating me from a lifetime of churchgoing you moron.

When I saw the priest going along with the war and all that...I thought, this is BULLSHIT!

I now give what I used to give to the St. Francis de Sales to the ACLU and I'm sure they follow Jesus's values better than the Vatican does.

[Bluebear]

10. Congrats.

I agree, your donations are more befitting Christ's teachings.

[K8-EEE]

11. Honestly I'm Like A Born-Again Ex-Xtian

All those Sunday mornings of getting up and putting on makeup and dragging my family into this boring BS. I feel like a light has been lit and a weight is off my shoulders. IT'S GREAT BEING NON-RELIGOUS! The only thing I hate is seeing people I used to sit by at church and having them be all WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Awkward...

[Hobarticus]

12. Congrats....you've learned the difference between religion and faith

No need to be in a certain building at a certain time to find peace.

[porphyrian]

13. Aren't they the assholes that lobbied to get "under God"...

...added to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s? Or did they lobby to put "In God We Trust" on paper money that same decade? Either way, they're at least indirectly responsible for the assholes running around today thinking America is a Christian country. Assholes.