Silflay Hraka

Australia has voted to allow embryonic cloning for the purpose of stem cell research. Okay. Some countries will, some countries won’t. I don’t consider it big news either way.

Here’s what got me…

All parties encouraged their lawmakers to vote according to their consciences rather than following party lines. A conscience vote is rare in Australian politics.

Rare in Australian politics? It’s so rare here in the U.S. that I needed an explanation of exactly what the term meant. If we ever had a conscience vote in America, two thirds of the congress would have to vote “not present.”