Archbishop Burke blasts stem cell proposal

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke contended Monday that a ballot proposal to protect some forms of embryonic stem-cell research was really seeking "the legalized destruction of human life."

And he accused supporters of the proposal, on the Nov. 7 ballot as Amendment 2, of spreading "a tremendous amount of misinformation and disinformation" to convince Missouri voters otherwise.

Everyone who knows anything about this proposed constitutional amendment understands that the proponents of the measure are engaged in more than a disinformation campaign - they are engaged in outright deception, a shell game. The proposed amendment is nothing more than a fraud being perpetrated on the citizens of Missouri, duped by slick TV ads promising possible cures when no data supports this. The ad campaign is designed to promote as a good, that which is inherently evil...

The amendment itself is worded in such a way that any attempt to curtail research, cloning, murder of the innocent, funding, etc., would be deemed illegal. Killers of the unborn would have carte-blanche to do as they please, and they would be answerable to no one, except themselves - despite claims to contrary by the coalition spokesmen.

Hotel executive Charles Drury introduced Burke. "This may be the most critical vote of our lifetime . . . so that millions of babies may live that otherwise might not," Drury said.

As the saying goes, 'the devil's in the details' - and with this amendment, it's obvious that this it was born of pure evil, an evil with an enticing appeal, though. I doubt that the evil one himself could have come up with better wording than what is being proposed.

Donn Rubin - chairman of the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, the group promoting the ballot proposal - condemned the talk, and expressed surprise that Burke would join in.

Surprise? Why the surprise? Does not Archbishop Burke repeatedly speak out against the deliverate killing of innocents? And what irony we see here - Rubin condemning the truth.

In a telephone interview, Rubin contended that it was the opponents who were spreading untruths. Otherwise, he said, the Cures Coalition wouldn't have support from more than 100 groups, including research centers, health care groups and patient groups.

Rubin and friends must live in a dream world - in some inverted reality. He and others cry 'foul' when they and their nefarious agendas are exposed to the light of day...

Evil always revolts against good. Darkness cannot stand the light. The supporters of the "clone and kill" amendment never respond to legitimate questions, they always sidestep the issues, and ignore the realities of what they wish to do. Does Ruben suggest that the Coalition for Killing the Unborn is on the right path merely because others have been duped into believing its lies and deceptions? Ruben and company (including former senator Danforth) have little or no respect for human life. If they have no respect for those who are most vulnerable, the most innocent among us, they cannot have any respect for others.

At the news conference, Keyes asked why there was "such a rush" to get Missourians to approve such an amendment, in the face of numerous medical advances that may not make it necessary to destroy embryos.

Keyes also offered to debate former Sen. John C. Danforth, an Episcopal priest and leader in the pro-Amendment 2 effort.

If Danforth believes in his cause to support Nazi-like experimentation of embryos, then he should welcome the opportunity to 'clear the air' by debating Keyes...Or does Danforth prefer the darkness, is he fearful of the light?