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HOT CHRISTIAN V. CHRISTIAN INFIGHTING.
Via Right Wing Watch, ABC News recently ran a story about the Southern Baptist's declaration on global warming, highlighting the infighting among right-wing Christians on the matter. While the Southern Baptists have come around on the issue, Family Research Council's Tony Perkins maintains that the movement supporting action on global warming is yet another conspiracy by abortion-huggers and the gays:
He's also got a new book out, Personal Faith and Public Policy, in which he argues that Christians should welcome the storms and droughts that result from climate change as signs of the Second Coming. Rather than supporting public policy to curb warming, Christians should "look inwardly" and make sure they are "spiritually prepared to meet the End Times."
Because making the world a less hospitable place for future generations is clearly a pro-family stance.
--Kate Sheppard
COMMENTS (4)
This reminds me of something someone on the blogs observed about Reverend Wright's speech vs. that of the Far Right's speeches:
Reverend Wright: called for the damnation of the worst parts of america
The Far Right: calling for armageddon and the end of the world.
Which of these is truly evil and irresponsible?
aimai
Posted by: aimai | March 19, 2008 12:34 PM
I am absolutely baffled that CNN still has this guy on as a serious analyst. He is so obviously a hack.
Anderson Cooper had him on about Jeremiah Wright, and he was claiming that people are basically brainwashed (my word) by their pastor: whatever your pastor says has an immediate and deep impact on you. I guess that tells us a lot more about Tony Perkins than about most people's relationship to their pastor.
Posted by: U.G. | March 19, 2008 1:06 PM
Just somehow tie fighting climate change to controlling women's sexuality and the religious right will get on board.
Children as carbon sinks is so obvious that I'm sure they've already thought of it, and it hasn't helped much. They probably fear a cap and trade system. So it'll have to be something in addition to that.
Posted by: V.O.R. | March 19, 2008 1:20 PM
You're rather missing the point - there will be no future generations if these people get their way.
Posted by: eb | March 19, 2008 1:45 PM