Missouri Amendment 2 - Vote NO!

To my Missouri friends...

You have an important vote coming up in less than two weeks. Amendment 2 allowing embryonic stem cell research will be on the ballot. Expect one brief paragraph describing the sections of the Missouri Constitution that will be changed. The actual Amendment is five (5) pages long. You need to read the entire Amendment prior to going to the polls.

There is a lot of miss-information being broadcast on television. The type of stem cell research that is being voted on is embryonic stem cell research. In order to do this an embryo must be killed or the embryo must be "cloned." Proponents claim the Amendment bans cloning, but when you read the fine print it doesn't ban. In fact, the fine print makes it illegal to do anything that discourages embryonic stem cell research!

Of course, a lot of this will end up being worked out in the courts. That means for you that your taxes will be paying for much of this.

I'm writing this because I am a stem cell transplant recipient... my own stem cells not embryonic. There has never been any person who has been cured by embryonic stem cells. There are no therapies or "trials" using embryonic stem cells. The cures, therapies and over 1,000 trials are from adult stem cell research.

As a Christian there is no way I could ever accept or approve of killing a human embryo. I hope you agree with me and vote NO on Missouri Amendment 2.