Ohio Catholic diocese cuts Komen funding because they MAY support stem-cell research

[marmar627]

Toledo Catholic Bishop Leonard Blair has banned parishes and parochial schools from raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, citing concerns that the global anti-cancer giant may someday fund embryonic stem-cell research.Mary Westphal, executive director of the Northwest Ohio Affiliate Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and board chairman Angie

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[liret]

He said fund-raising "carried out under Catholic auspices … should be channeled to our locally known Mercy Cancer Centers instead of Komen."

I'm sure that has nothing to do with why he's inventing imaginary reasons to discredit a major charity that has nothing to do with abortion, though.

Personally, I avoid donating to my local food bank because their policies do not specifically prohibit them from invading Massachusetts in the future, and I need to make sure none of my money supports inter-state war.

[kyra_neko_rei]

Personally, I avoid donating to my local food bank because their policies do not specifically prohibit them from invading Massachusetts in the future, and I need to make sure none of my money supports inter-state war.

*snickers*

[sparkindarkness]

And more and more, the Catholic church shows that actual lives and goodness matter not nearly so much as power and control.

I wonder how much of this they have to do before something breaks

[amyura]

So.....hypothetical fetuses now rank above actual women with breast cancer. Good to know.

[roseofjuly]

Hypothetical hypothetical babies. Because the first layer is that embryos aren't even people, but the second layer is that Komen isn't even giving money to stem-cell research, so they're hypothetical hypothetical babies.

*mind blown*

[kyra_neko_rei]

And for the third hypothetical, not all stem-cell research involves the destruction of human embryos, and a good chunk thereof is based on overcoming the need for the destruction of human embryos.

So we've got hypothetical funding of the hypothetical destruction of hypothetical babies . . . where's my divide by zero icon?

[roseofjuly]

D: D: D:

...brain has exploded.

[bathstone]

As a young Catholic, this is not the type of action that is going to keep me coming to church - quite the opposite, in fact.

Story of my life. I was raised Catholic and stories like this one embarrass me so much. I only go to church twice a year now - Christmas and Easter - and mostly for sentimental reasons. The church itself pisses me off.

[nova_42]

i used to be catholic, the whole thing about their being a soul at the moment of conception is just one of the many ideas i thought was ridiculous. and thus began my slow but inevitable journey toward atheism. Now I'm a happier, and i think, a more moral person as well. good post, thank you