Cincinnati Archdiocese: No ice-bucket challenge for ALS Association
God forbid actual lives should be saved by research using embryonic stem cells.
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Archdiocese: No ice-bucket challenge for ALS Association
Carrie Blackmore Smith
August 20, 2014
The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has asked the principals at its Catholic schools not to encourage students to raise money for the ALS Association as the ice-bucket challenge becomes an internet sensation.
The challenge itself is fine, said Dan Andriacco, spokesman for the Archdiocese.
The Archdiocese just doesn't want fundraising to be sent to the association, which funds at least one study using embryonic stem cells, Andriacco said.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a terrible disease," Andriacco said, a day after an email was sent to principals from Superintendent Jim Rigg....
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