Mel Gibson, Stem Cell Advocate

By popular demand - ten people have asked us for this link - here's the link to Mel Gibson the adult stem cell True Believer, in his Good Morning America appearance that drew so much attention before the election. [RealVideo]

SF Chronicle: Proposition 71 Passes

11:32PM - San Francisco Chronicle is projecting a clear win for Proposition 71, which allots $3 billion for stem cell research including ESR. My debating partner Mel Gibson is apoplectic and all over California TV complaining. The Proposition 71 story is beginning to filter out nationwide but it seems to be the dominant web story in California, from among some 13 propositions on the ballot there.

Mel Gibson, Stem Cell Advocate

Ok, he's not suffering from anything, nor does he have any other personal stake in the matter. But like Michael J. Fox, he is famous. And that seems to be enough for Mel, who shared with Good Morning America's viewers his passion for embryonic sanctity. Debating, well, me (McGee) with a self-described bioethicist by his side, he argued that there's nothing an embryonic cell can do that an adult cell can't. He'll be publishing that finding soon. UPDATE: Already the Southern Baptist Press is joining a growing chorus of conservatives in celebrating the first anti-stem cell celebrity.