{"id":1682,"date":"2006-05-25T08:48:38","date_gmt":"2006-05-25T08:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/i-appreciate-your-thoughts.html"},"modified":"2006-05-25T08:48:38","modified_gmt":"2006-05-25T08:48:38","slug":"i-appreciate-your-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/05\/i-appreciate-your-thoughts.html","title":{"rendered":"I appreciate your thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholic Wisconsin Governor stays on the embryo destruction train:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gov. Jim Doyle broke with Wisconsin’s two most prominent Catholic bishops on Wednesday, bluntly telling them he would not rethink his strong support of embryonic stem cell research.<\/p>\n

"While I appreciate your thoughts on this important issue, I also feel a responsibility to promote vital research which holds the potential to save countless lives and bring thousands of jobs to our state," Doyle, a Catholic, wrote in a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan and Madison Bishop Robert Morlino.<\/p>\n

The Democratic governor wrote in response to the bishops’ letter on Monday in which they criticized an executive order he signed last month setting aside $5 million to recruit companies doing stem cell research to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Doyle has consistently championed research using embryonic stem cells, which was pioneered at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has made the issue a central part of his re-election campaign. His challenger, U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, supports sharp limits on the research.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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