Brown criticised over embryo bill
The leader of the Catholic church in Scotland has urged Gordon Brown to rethink "monstrous" plans to allow hybrid human-animal embryos. Cardinal Keith O'Brien will use his Easter Sunday sermon to launch a scathing attack on over the government's controversial proposals.
He will also call on the prime minister to allow Labour MPs a free vote on the issue at Westminster.
Mr Brown has said the bill would improve research into many illnesses.
Supporters of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill believe hybrid embryos could lead to cures for diseases including multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Mr Brown said: "This is an important Bill that improves the facilities for research and is vital for dealing with life-threatening diseases."
But in his sermon, which was released on Friday, Cardinal O'Brien claims that the Bill would lead to the endorsement of experiments of "Frankenstein proportion".
He will say: "This Bill represents a monstrous attack on human rights, human dignity and human life."
Ok. We'll deal with the irony here first. A Catholic priest complaining about infringements on human rights. That's right.
A Catholic priest complaining about infringements on human rights.
Got that ? Good.
Right let's move on.
The thing that really grates is just what the fuck makes this crazily dressed dolt think that the scientific community, one that his "organisation" has ignored or dismissed for centuries, would have any interest in what he says ? I mean the pope has only recently gotten around to admitting that Gallelio was right, so why on earth would the Cardinal feel competent to leap into a debate on a subject he is not qualified to comment on ?
Sheer fucking arrogance, that's why.
Gordon Brown should have his secretary write back to the dolt asking exactly what scientific qualifications this deluded loon has and what scientific reasons there are for halting such ground-breaking and vital research. If the answer comes back, and I suspect it will, filled with religious rhetoric and fawning morality,but no actual science, he should be told, quite succiently, to "SHUT THE FUCK UP".
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