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Monday June 11, 2007
Destruction of Human Embryos a “Gift from God” says Catholic House Speaker
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By Peter J. Smith
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ability to destroy human embryos to cure diseases is a “gift from God” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-described “devout Catholic”, referring to the recent bill passed to fund human embryonic stem-cell research.
“Science is a gift of God to all of us and science has taken us to a place that is biblical in its power to cure,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “And that is the embryonic stem cell research.”
Pro-life and Catholic leaders, however, have found Pelosi’s statement shocking for its suggestion that God would provide so-called “biblical” powers of healing by the means of the destruction of human life.
“I’m not sure what world Nancy Pelosi lives in, but it’s not this world. She’s not connected to reality,” said Rev. Thomas Eutenauer of Human Life International in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com. Eutenauer stated that Pelosi’s radical embracing of an anti-life agenda deserves “excommunication.” He added that the reluctance of the American bishops in general to discipline Nancy Pelosi and other politicians for using the Catholic faith to justify immoral positions is a source of great scandal to the Church.
Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, similarly responded with disgust. "Pelosi must not have learned from Rudy Giuliani's experience during the GOP debate when the building was struck by lightening as he sought to justify abortion," he said.
"Of course, it's complete nonsense to suggest that God wants us to destroy human embryos, since they are His own creation," Perkins continued. "This is just the latest example of the Left's aggressive efforts to lure the unsuspecting into supporting immoral and unethical policies which are whitewashed with spiritual words and phrases."
The Archdiocese of San Francisco, Pelosi’s home diocese, was not able to provide comment on Pelosi’s statements or on her status as a Catholic in the archdiocese by press time.
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