I still don’t get why people are up in arms about this. The President repeated his stance on this today:
He doesn’t feel that government money needs to be spent on something this controversial. The JDF and other groups are free to raise money and support embroyic stem cell research. He just refuses to spend government money on embroyic stem cell research. Money can be spent on adult stem cells, cord stem cells, and the existing lines. He doesn’t think that the government should be financing the possibility of destroying life. I’m happy with that.
Frankly, I’m not sure government money should be spent on researching diseases anyway — and I feel that it should be privately funded. Then it is up to the researchers to determine what direction they should go.
I think that the government needs to be involved in protecting us from our enemies and in financing the mandates they are putting in place when it comes to educating our children.