We can't practice selective morality

I was so saddened by Ms. Jedlinski's letter On Pope Benedict's call for "prohibition of artificial insemination outside of the body" along with freezing embryos, suppression of embryos in multiple pregnancies, embryonic stem cell research and the prospect of human cloning.

She is suffering from a disease she feels can be cured by one of these procedures. She states the church should be more concerned for church immorality.

It is difficult and painful to have an affliction, but not at the expense of an immoral action.

We don't practice selective morality. A sin is a sin is a sin. If you don't believe in sin, then wrong is wrong is wrong. Two wrongs do not make a right.

And there is such a thing as human dignity. All life is precious, not one more than the other. There are too many people trying to justify something because it benefits them. What about the means? Who has to die to get something we want?

For all who are dealing with disease or pain, whether emotional or physical, there is nothing like prayer.

Kathy Muhr

Arlington Heights