WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 17, 2006 ? Profits from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy are being used to fund destructive human embryonic research at the University of California, reported the Maini

07/18/2006 at 6:14 AM Posted by Catholic Citizens of Illinois

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 17, 2006 – Profits from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy are being used to fund destructive human embryonic research at the University of California, reported the Mainichi Daily News. Filmmakers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who brought the J.R.R. Tolkien epic to the screen, together donated US $310,000 last Saturday to fund research using the stem cells of human embryos.