Stem-Cell Research and Missouri “Patriot Pastors” Update

As we reported before, Texas “Patriot Pastors” pioneer and full-time activist Rick Scarborough is looking to spread the model to Missouri, where votes will decide a stem-cell research ballot measure. And, with a six-figure budget, he’s bringing right-wing superstar Alan Keyes for a series of rallies across the state. Now Scarborough’s Vision America has the details:

Monday, July 31st – Jefferson City-Columbia Rally
Christians against Human Cloning Rally
7:00 PM – Concord Baptist Church
Dr. Alan Keyes and Dr. Rick Scarborough
5:00 PM Complimentary Dinner for Pastors and wives

Thursday, August 17 – Cape Girardeau Rally
Christians against Human Cloning Rally
7:00 PM – Notre Dame Christian High School Gym
Dr. Alan Keyes and Dr. Rick Scarborough
5:00 PM Complimentary Dinner for Pastors and wives

Monday, August 28 – St. Louis Rally
Christians against Human Cloning Rally
7:00 PM – Life Christian Church
Dr. Alan Keyes, Archbishop Burke, Dr. Rick Scarborough
5:00 PM Complimentary Dinner for Pastors and wives

Pending – Kansas City Rally

Pending – Springfield Rally

While the “Patriot Pastor” movements in Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania work on some level in support of candidates for elected office, Republican Sen. Jim Talent’s shilly-shallying on the Missouri stem-cell issue may have cost him the kind of grassroots network operating on behalf of Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell or Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Unfortunately for Talent–who voted against the federal stem-cell bill and recently came to oppose the Missouri one, but is not actively working against it–he is facing criticism from the both the right wing and the center. The Washington Times cites Talent’s dead-even re-election race as an example of the political cost of opposing widely-popular embryonic stem-cell research.