[CS-FSLUG] CHRISTIAN COALITION COMMENDS MEL GIBSON

[Fred Miller]

CHRISTIAN COALITION OF AMERICA
Press Release
President Roberta Combs                 Tuesday October 28, 2004
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For further information contact: Michele Ammons 
202-549-6257 or 202-479-6900 

CHRISTIAN COALITION COMMENDS MEL GIBSON FOR HIS STRONG STANCE AGAINST 
PROPOSITION 71 - THE $3 BILLION HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH INITIATIVE 
ON CALIFORNIA BALLOT
 
Washington D.C. -- Christian Coalition of America commends Actor/Director Mel 
Gibson for his strong stand against the $3 billion human embryonic stem cell 
research referendum on California's ballot next Tuesday.  For a state which 
has in recent times been near bankruptcy because of wasteful government 
spending to waste another $3 billion on questionable research is an 
abomination.  
 
On today's "Good Morning America" on ABC, Mel Gibson came out strongly against 
California's Proposition 71 and urged California's citizens to vote no on the 
referendum.  Earlier this year, Mr. Gibson  -- one of 11 children and father 
of six boys and a daughter -- introduced a movie he produced and directed, 
"The Passion of the Christ" which has had a worldwide gross of $609 million 
($370 million in U.S. sales, one of the largest grossing films of all time).  
This past summer, the Republican Party of California voted to oppose 
Proposition 71 because they said California cannot afford the $3 billion in 
interest payments on state bonds that would bring the true cost of 
Proposition 71 to $6 billion. 
 
The President of Christian Coalition of America, Roberta Combs said, "I agree 
with Mel Gibson's belief that destroying days-old human embryos on research 
which has virtually no hope of success is immoral.  Christian Coalition 
strongly opposes California's Proposition 71 and urges all California voters 
to vote no on this unnecessary and wasteful spending measure." 
 
According to a national survey by Virginia Commonwealth University earlier 
this month, 61% of Americans believe that scientific research doesn't pay 
enough attention to the moral values of society and over half say that 
scientific research has created as many problems for society as solutions.  
James Kelly in a "National Review" article this week said, "Christopher 
Reeve's recent death hit me harder than most.  I have a spinal-cord injury 
having been rendered paraplegic by a car accident seven years ago ...  Near 
the end of his too-short life, Mr. Reeve apparently began to realize that 
embryonic stem cells were not the magic bullet he had assumed them to be ... 
Far from claiming that this avenue offered 'biological miracles,' or was the 
best or only hope for patients like him, he now felt they were 'not able to 
do much' for him."  Californians must vote No next Tuesday on Proposition 71. 
 
The Christian Coalition of America is America's largest Christian grassroots 
organization with more than 2 million supporters.  The organization's website 
may be referenced at:  http://www.cc.org. 
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Christian Coalition of America
P.O. Box 37030
Washington, D.C. 20013
www.cc.org 
Telephone: (202) 479-6900
Fax: (202) 479-4262 

-- 
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to 
have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the
vote." - Benjamin Franklin 1759