Godsend Website Fools People, Sparks Protests

A Web site meant to promote the upcoming film "Godsend" is stirring controversy among people who oppose human cloning and want the site shut down because they think the site is real.

The site promotes what purports to be a fertility clinic run by Dr. Richard Wells, who is billed as being "the top genetic engineering researcher" in the United States and a man who bears an uncanny resemblance to actor Robert De Niro, who stars in the movie.

Some Web surfers have begun petitions to close the site because, they claim, it is insensitive to people who have lost a loved one or family member and might actually be seeking to have that person cloned, which is the topic of the film.

"The work being done by The Godsend Institute...is out of control and needs to be stopped," wrote one poster at the Web site PetitionStop.com. Lions Gate is getting several hundred phone calls a day to the fake clinic's toll-free number.

Source: News.com

Promo Website: GodsendInstitute.org