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Supreme Court To Decide If Monsanto GMO Patents Are Valid
tomhath writes with this exerpt from a Reuters story: "The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an Indiana farmer's appeal that challenges the scope of Monsanto Co.'s patent rights on its Roundup Ready seeds. Mr. Bowman bought and planted 'commodity seeds' from a grain elevator. Those soybean seeds were a mix and included some that contained Monsanto's technology. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case over the objections of the Obama administration, which had urged the justices to leave the lower court rulings in place."
I tell the story of the genetic engineer I met who was so born again he didn't believe in evolution (true story). This happened in Saint. Louis. Guess where Monsanto's headquarters is? Yep, he worked for Monsanto. They have an inside line to God you know. It would be like suing themselves.
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Church attendance in the US is declining. The number of people attending church, synagogues, and Mosques represent a minority of the population. Keep in mind attendance figures include Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, and all the other various faiths people practice freely in the US. People heap scorn on politicians running for office who are described as ultra religious but if you look at the actual policies these politicians end up supporting when elected you will not see them arguing their policies are ordained by GOD. One of the most glaring examples of weak religious influence is the Abortion ruling in 1972 that has not been over turned even after the foaming at the mouth religious zealots have been fixated on it for 40 years. An older example was the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's. The religious extremists were the driving force behind this insane ruling and was ultimately repealed by those with a little more common sense. Politicians running for office pander to the religious minorities for votes not because they intend on making decisions based on religion once they are elected. And by the way I am not a religious person and believe man made organized religion and the practices they encompass are nothing more than a social control mechanism used to manipulate the average citizen.