So Much For The Radical Right Learning From Its Mistakes

One would think that after the Terri Schiavo Debacle, the American Taliban would try to stay away from "moral" issues that have the potential to demonstrate just how extreme the members of the Religious Right are. But I guess I'm just expecting too much from these idiots (from Reuters):

Debi Martin is a Christian, a Republican and opposes abortion but she is ready to vote against the party in November if President George W. Bush and congressional Republicans limit stem cell research.

"This is a vote breaker for me," said the Cincinnati mother. "I tell people I'm becoming a Republi-crat at this point -- because there are just things wrong in the Republican Party where people's voices are not being heard anymore."

The passage on Tuesday of a Senate bill to fund embryonic stem cell research -- and a presidential veto expected on Wednesday killing the legislation -- hits very close to home for Martin. Her 9-year-old daughter, Jessi, has diabetes and they both hope stem cell research can some day find a cure.

Martin also feels strongly about the use of embryonic stem cells for research because Jessi was conceived by in vitro fertilization -- and Martin and her husband decided years ago to discard nine unused embryos because she could not have another child.

"I would give anything if I could have had those nine cells to give to have a cure for my baby now," she said. "And I think the worst sin of all, and I am a very religious person, I am pro-life, is to look a miracle from God in the face and throw it away."

I just don't get this. The position that Bush and other religious nutjobs are taking on this issue is evil -- just like their position on Terri Schiavo was evil -- but they are so whacked out by their religious extremism that they can't see it. Amazing.