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Conservative group to launch prayer and lobbying blitz against stem cell research By GARY SOULSMAN The News Journal 12/24/2005 A coalition of Christians is preparing for eight days of prayer -- and lobbying -- in the new year, in the hopes of shifting opinion in the Delaware General Assembly on the merits of S.B. 80. The bill, which has passed the Senate and awaits a vote in the House, outlaws cloning for human reproduction, and the sale of embryos. But it also allows cloning and harvesting of stem cells for research, while setting up regulations governing that research. Advertisement The campaign to oppose the bill is called "a rose and a prayer." Organizers, such as Ellen Barrosse of Hockessin, are arranging for volunteers so there will be praying 24 hours each day in advance of the expected vote on Jan. 12. Barrosse is opposed to any harm being done to an embryo. "It's the earliest stage in the life in a human being," she says. "The philosophical question is whether it is deserving [of] respect and protection." Other leaders in the effort include: Steve Jenkins and Mary McCrossan of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Fairfax; Howard Gerlach of Brandywine Baptist, Talleyville; the Rev. Paul C. Lundmark of Grace Lutheran Church, Hockessin; Pastor David Jones of First Alliance Church, Hockessin; and the Rev. Thomas Flowers of St. Polycarp Church, Smyrna. To learn more, visit www.aroseandaprayer.org or call Barrosse at 892-4800. Fun, heritage at Kwanzaa camp African-American dance, song and history are elements of the Kwanzaa holiday camp to be held next week at Wilmington's Mother African Union Church. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn