Human cloning will be approved Nov. 7 in Missouri ...

... unless by God' grace some sort of 11th-hour miracle occurs:

Archbishop Burke of St. Louis is calling on Catholics to "courageously speak the truth to others about cloning and pray." [More...] "The praying of the rosary has been a most powerful spiritual instrument of the church in seeking God’s help in times of great crisis," he explained.

Here's the deal:

Amendment 2 would change the state constitution to permit and protect "Somatic cell nuclear transfer" which is human cloning, pure and simple.

The genius of amendment 2? Even though "80% of Missourians claim to be against all forms of human cloning," [source] the amendment currently enjoys a clear lead in the polls because of its deceptive and misleading language.

Get the facts @ --> NoCloning.org <--

Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review has a good article calling-out an "unfair and disingenuous" TV ad featuring Michael J. Fox that has been airing during the World Series coverage (I'll try to post videos later) and Robert Novak has an excellent column detailing the wide political pressure for the amendment and ends by forecasting, "If government-approved cloning can be sold to the barometer pro-life state of Missouri, it will show up next in other states with major research facilities."

Let's get together and defeat this thing, on our knees and with our voices if we live outside Missouri, on our knees with our voices and at the polls if we live in Missouri.