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2006-06-29 International-UN-NGOs

Vatican Worried About Being Hauled into Int'l Court

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Posted by Steve White 2006-06-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Stem cell research is a tough one because it holds so much promise. Atleast theoretically.

Posted by Cloluter Groger9698 2006-06-29 00:23|| 2006-06-29 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 But forced marrages, beheadings, and honor killings are ok right?

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-06-29 00:34|| 2006-06-29 00:34|| Front Page Top

#3 What?

Posted by Cloluter Groger9698 2006-06-29 00:53|| 2006-06-29 00:53|| Front Page Top

#4 shark jump...

Posted by flyover 2006-06-29 01:02|| 2006-06-29 01:02|| Front Page Top

#5 This is the sort of thing that strengthens my catholicism.
"What is illuminating is not the reality of the legal penalties they face, but an acknowledgment that public morality is shifting under their feet," Feldblum said.
Nice try, jackass. Morality isn't changing, tolerance for immoral behavior is apparently on the rise - there is a difference.

Posted by JerseyMike 2006-06-29 07:13|| 2006-06-29 07:13|| Front Page Top

#6 CF was referring to the hypocrisy of the ICJ not to post #1.

I disagree sharply w/the vatican's views on a lot of things but again, I definitely want them to have the right to say and express what they believe. They should be left alone to condemn whatever they want as being immoral. When there comes a time that any institution is advocating violence as an answer to what they consider immoral then maybe the state needs to step in. (hello islam) That's why I despise this 'hate speech' nonsense, it wastes time on attitudes and not on actual harmful actions.

Posted by Broadhead6 2006-06-29 09:47|| 2006-06-29 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 CG9698: The article's clear that the Catholic Church is against EMBRYONIC stem cell research, not stem cell research as a whole. A very wise view, in this here Protestant's mind, I might add. Having become very interested in SCR, and researched it, it appears that (gasp) following God's laws/morals is also best for mankind. By that, I mean, that there's been NUMEROUS articles written about the drawbacks of EMBRYONIC SCR (basically, from what I've read, scientists have had ZERO success in treating diseases with ESCR) vs. other SCR (like from donated adult stem cells, stem cells in umbilical cord blood, etc.). VERY interesting articles and I remember one basically saying they'd found a LOT of progress in treatment/cures (including some progress in Parkinson's Disease) from these other sources of stem cells vs. basically ZERO progress from Embryonic stem cells. Remember, the far left wants to protect the "right" to UNLIMITED abortion at all costs (it's their religion), even going so far as blocking things like the common sense (small) restrictions like parental notification and the ban on Partial-birth abortions (which, honestly is infanticide literally, IMHO).

Posted by BA 2006-06-29 11:01|| 2006-06-29 11:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Tell you what. Well give you New Orleans if you move the entire shebang there in the Vatican to the Mississippi. You get the land, the stamps, and the autonomy that you have now in Rome. You promise to keep the tourist trade up though. Oh, and the football team needs to move. Maybe to Las Vegas. Maybe not, they have too much fun there already.

Anyway, like Oriana Fallaci you can have shelter here. Just make sure your peds are kept there as well. No shipping them out to other parishes.

Posted by Sniper Chease8428 2006-06-29 11:45|| 2006-06-29 11:45|| Front Page Top

#9 If you want to see world wide riots arrest the Pope. EU doesn't have the balls.

Posted by djohn66 2006-06-29 12:09|| 2006-06-29 12:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks for pointing that out, BA. I missed it entirely.

Posted by Groger9698 2006-06-29 13:16|| 2006-06-29 13:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Oh yeah, those same articles said that they'd also noticed a "link" between injecting lab rats with embryonic stem cells and increases in cancer in said rats.

Posted by BA 2006-06-29 13:23|| 2006-06-29 13:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Emtryonic stem cell research has produced ZERO cures and has had negative repurcussions in nearly every research study.

Stem cells from marrow, and from umbilical cords seem to hold much more promise.

And the Church has no opposition to that at all.

Posted by Oldspook 2006-06-29 14:43|| 2006-06-29 14:43|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd love to see the ICJ or the EU try to arrest the Pope. They'll quickly find out those Swiss guards aren't just for show (no matter how sissy their uniforms look).

I've got the popcorn concession! ;-p

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