Church opposes Stem cell Research

Roman Catholic priests across Missouri urged their parishoners to oppose a petition seeking a constitutional amendment that would protect embrionic stem cell research.
"The similarities of the arguments behind the destruction of life by the Nazis and the use of human embryos (for stem cell research) are scary," said the Rev. James Smith of St. Peter Catholic Church.

The Rev. James Smith did not comment about the report that the government was still experimenting with samples of the smallpox virus.