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Evangelical Body Stays Course on Warming
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Mar 11, 2007 09:54pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Monday, March 12, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Conservatives Oppose Stance
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 11, 2007; Page A05
Rebuffing Christian radio commentator James C. Dobson, the board of directors of the National Association of Evangelicals reaffirmed its position that environmental protection, which it calls "creation care," is an important moral issue.
Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, and two dozen other conservative Christian leaders, including Gary L. Bauer, Tony Perkins and Paul M. Weyrich, sent the board a letter this month denouncing the association's vice president, the Rev. Richard Cizik, for urging attention to global warming.
The letter argued that evangelicals are divided on whether climate change is a real problem, and it said that "Cizik and others are using the global warming controversy to shift the emphasis away from the great moral issues of our time," such as abortion and same-sex marriage.
If Cizik "cannot be trusted to articulate the views of American evangelicals on environmental issues, then we respectfully suggest that he be encouraged to resign his position with the NAE," the letter concluded. |
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