The only reason that see as being something to prevent this study would be extremist christians afraid that successful cloning will proove that souls don't exist or something. But really, whats the big deal?
There are already threads discussing stem cell research, I believe most are in the extended discussion forum. Also, your initial post was more of an attack than a discussion seed.
Stem cell research is a very controversial subject. People have differnt opinions on it, but religion should not be a reason why they don't contunye the study. I beleive that there is a little something called seperation of church and state. The problem is, america's current president seems to be ignoring that, and that they should continue the study. That's just my opinion though.