"Stop Global Warming...for the Lord"

By: Lowell
Published On: 2/8/2006 2:00:00 AM

Well, it finally looks like Bush, Cheney, ExxonMobil and the few others out there who still believe that the earth is flat, er... that the moon is made of cheese, er...that the world was created by a flying spaghetti monster have lost essentially all political support for their willful failure to deal with the catastrophic problem of global warming.  According to today's New York Times, 86 evangelical Christian leaders, normally strong allies of the Bush Administration,  "have decided to back a major initiative to fight global warming, saying 'millions of people could die in this century because of climate change, most of them our poorest global neighbors.'"  The evangelicals's statement calls for the government to take "cost-effective, market-based" action against global climate change, which it describes as "a real problem and [one] that...ought to matter to us as Christians."

As part of their campaign for immediate action against global warming, the evanglicals - "presidents of 39 evangelical colleges, leaders of aid groups and churches, like the Salvation Army, and pastors of megachurches, including Rick Warren, author of the best seller 'The Purpose-Driven Life,'" have started an advertising campaign.  A TV spot, which shows images of "drought, starvatiion, and Hurricane Katrina," is to be shown here in Virginia, among other states.  The ad will also feature Rev. Joel Hunter of the Longwood, Fla. "megachurch" arguing that:

As Christians, our faith in Jesus Christ compels us to love our neighbors and to be stewards of God's creation. The good news is that with God's help, we can stop global warming, for our kids, our world and for the Lord.

I would be remiss if I failed to point out that there are still a few holdouts among evangelicals, including far-right-wingers like gay basher James C. Dobson (who argues that taking action against global warming puts "plants and animals above humans") and Charles W. Colson (who believes God allowed Hurricane Katrina to happen to make us more vigilant about homeland security).  But, like the Arctic polar bears, the ice is melting rapidly under Dobson's and Colson's feet.  As it will be, shortly, under the feet of Virginia's own brilliant junior Senator George "kick their soft teeth down their whiney throats" Allen.  It's about time.

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