Thursday, June 14, 2007

The "wall of separation"

There has been a great deal of anguish expressed about the alleged threat the "Religious Right" represents as it attempts to "impose" its theologically-motivated agenda on the rest of the country. Will those who fear religious influence be equally worried about this? Senator Barbara Boxer [D-CA] indicates that it is "a moral, ethical and scriptural mandate." Wouldn't want anyone imposing their morality on anyone else, would we?
...[A] coalition of 35 religious denominations called for an 80 percent reduction in global warming emissions by the year 2050, and bill S.309, sponsored by Boxer and avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.), calls for the same.

“Evangelical Christians, Catholics, African Methodist Episcopals, Jews, mainline Protestant Christians, and many other people of faith see the need for action on global warming as a moral, ethical and scriptural mandate,” Boxer said. She explained, “People of faith contacted us recognizing that science says global warming’s effects will fall most heavily on poor people. All we have to do is look at what happened during [Hurricane] Katrina, even in one of the world’s wealthiest countries.”
http://www.qando.net/ - Exploiting the religious left in the name of Gaia

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