So wouldn't Clones have equal rights?

In the nineties, when the cloning of Dolly the Sheep caused public debate about the subject, the Science Fiction Channel, then not as brain dead as it is now, actually did a hard science special on the science and ethics of cloning and what iit would mean if humans were cloned. Among the academics was a legal expert who pointed out no, people could not legally clone slaves or private armies. Clones would have the same rights, at least in the US, as anyone else. If someone had him or herself cloned they would be responsible for their offspring for eighteen years like a child produced the old fashioned low tech way. There was even a theologian, on the program, who determined since a clone was biologically human he or she would have a soul. In short human clones are human.

I was thinking about all of that scholarly discussion while watching "The 6th Day" because in the reality of the movie not just second class citizens. They seemingly have no rights as humans. I suppose the idea is to discourage people from having cloned children much as Great Britain tried to discourage promiscuity, centuries ago, by forcing out of wedlock children to work for the state and be marginalized for life. Since no one can control how they come into the world the whole situation seems totally unfair.

TAG LINE: True genius is a beautiful thing, but ignorance is ugly to the bone.