MIT Stem Cell Researcher Threatens Hunger Strike Over Tenure Denial

Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- A black Massachusetts Institute of Technology stem cell researcher who doesn't support human cloning says he is planning a hunger strike for next February if the prestigious college doesn't reverse its decision to deny him tenure. Dr. James L. Sherley, an associate professor of biological engineering, says he is a victim of racism.

Sherley has been an outspoken advocate against human cloning -- including the kind of therapeutic cloning his colleagues and other scientists want to use to create and destroy human embryos for their stem cells.
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Sherley told the Boston Globe in January 2005 that fellow professors label him “stubborn” instead of “independent-minded" because he refuses to endorse human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

In fact, Sherley, the son of a Baptist minister, is vocal in saying the practices involve the destruction of human life and shouldn't be supported and he was once involved in a shouting match with a colleague at a local restaurant.
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Sherley told the Globe that Douglas A. Lauffenburger, the director of the Biological Engineering division, told him that he had strong recommendations letters for tenure but that he was denied it because of his views on stem cell research. [my emphasis]

This is to be expected - those who oppose the wanton murder and destruction of defenseless human life are not welcomed in a paganized, secular society. Do not the elitists say:

Really now, are those who oppose cloning and embryonic stem cell research really that intelligent?

Aren't the death peddlers the ones they want us to look up to? That is what the "elitists" of the country and world would have us believe. Sherley has been a vocal opponent and critic of ESCR and SCNT and now, he is asked to pay an even higher price in the form of additional discrimination.

It's sad and frightening what we see happening every day...but persevere we must; pray, we must; fight, we must; educate, we must...following the natural moral law and following Christ is not easy - pray for Dr. Sherley and for all of those persist in exposing the frauds, deceptions and lies of the evil one. Ask Jesus for His help in these trying times - He will not give us a burden which we can not carry.