Stem cell and you

I am going to take a stand that some people will like and many others will hate. I think that America is STUPID when it comes to stem cell research. The religious "right" argues and attempts to brainwash the masses that the only way to get stem cells is from aborted fetuses. That is ill-educated, ignorant, stupidity to the max. There are ways to get it with out killing, granted the most know way is to create a fertilized embryo and harvest from there, but did you know that it can be taken from umbilical blood or even bone marrow. There may be other ways out there but at every single step we are blocked from researching those as it is deemed a crime against god. Here is a thought for those out there who argue we are created in His image...if that is the case would he not be considered the SMARTEST being alive...therefore if we are in his image we should strive to be just as smart. Many scientists believe it is from Him that they are blessed with the foresight to do their research, that it is His way of guiding them. If scientific research was so evil would he not stop it and certainly if it was as evil as some of these Televangelist would have us believe would he not get "biblical" and start turning people into pillars of salt? What is so evil in finding ways to fix thyroid diseases, fibromyalgia, cystic fibrosis, or even Cancer? Stem cells would go a long way into being able to ensure that the organ donor doesn't die a year after a "life saving" transplant because the body starts to reject the organs. I for one speak from the viewpoint of a parent of a child who would benefit from this type of research, and I am ashamed to say I live in this country. I am ashamed I say I live in a country that has as one of its main tenets "separation of god and state", but it never fails that policy is written because of someone spouting on how they talked to god and "he don't like it one bit". Everyone is entitled to their opinions but get educated. Stem cell is not about killing babies, and in fact there is research out there showing that we are able to use virus and a skin cell or neuron to create stem cells...let's wake up..fund this...and quit throwing away needlessly some of our best minds, and minds that could have unlimited options but will never know due to THE U.S. of A stopping research