[TimeStar] another religious backfire

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> Here is another one re: current administration's
> mixing in religion that may backfire--
> 
> Patricia
> *****************************************************
> 'God's Mandate': Putting The White House on Notice
> Sunday, February 6, 2005; Page A16 
> 
> 
> Frustration with the Bush administration's
> environmental polices is bubbling up from mainstream
> churches and synagogues, as reflected in a statement
> signed recently by more than 1,000 clergy and
> congregational leaders in about 35 states. 
> 
> Called "God's Mandate: Care for Creation," the
> statement says that "there was no mandate, no
> majority, or no 'values' message in this past election
> for the President or the Congress to rollback and
> oppose programs that care for God's creation." 
> 
> Analyses of the November election have found that
> President Bush's victory owed much not only to strong
> support from white evangelicals, but also to gains in
> support from conservative Catholics, mainstream
> Protestants and Jews. 
> 
> In a conference call last month, some Catholic,
> Protestant and Jewish leaders came up with the idea of
> a strong statement on the environment to warn the
> White House and Republicans in Congress that there are
> limits to the support they can expect from the
> religious community, according to Paul Gorman,
> executive director of the National Religious
> Partnership for the Environment, an alliance of
> Catholic, Protestant, evangelical and Jewish
> organizations. 
> 
> "People of faith are deeply and religiously alarmed,"
> Gorman said. 
> 
> The statement objects to Bush's policies on global
> warming, toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants
> and lack of emphasis on conservation. The National
> Council of Churches is circulating the statement to
> 250,000 clergy and lay leaders across the country. 
> 
> -- Blaine Harden 
> 
> 
> 
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