Hopefully Arnold Is Leading the Way for Override of Bush's stem cell Research!

I’m sorry but I just think this is great and that momentum would build to overturn Bush’s biased Veto! Does anyone know when that will come up?
A day after President Bush vetoed expanded federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday authorized a $150 million loan to fund California’s stem cell institute, which has been stalled by lawsuits.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican who has been trying to put distance between himself and the unpopular president as he seeks re-election this year, said the state cannot afford to wait to fund the critical science associated with stem cells.

“I remain committed to advancing stem cell research in California, in the promise it holds for millions of our citizens who suffer from chronic diseases and injuries that could be helped as a result of stem cell research,” Schwarzenegger said in a letter to his finance director.

The state’s voters created the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine in 2004 when they passed a ballot measure that authorized $3 billion over 10 years for stem cell research.

Elsewhere, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, announced Thursday that he is diverting $5 million from the state budget for stem cell research, despite repeated objections from state legislators.

“Investing in research that can save lives and prevent serious illnesses is more than a sound public health strategy, it’s our moral obligation,” he said.

As some of you have been educating me to: Embryonic stem cells are building blocks that turn into different types of tissue. Scientists hope to use them someday to regenerate damaged organs or other body parts and cure diseases. Some oppose such research because it entails the destruction of human embryos. http://articles.news.aol.com/…

I think it is important that those that want to protect embryo’s do so. I also think it is important to further this research as some want to do in order to benefit humanity. I do not think it is right to force your beliefs on others. To do so by definition is anti Christian. With Bill First and other Republicans in favor of this research for whatever reason, I have to hope momentum is building for an eventual override of Bush’s veto.

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com