U.S. evangelicals reaffirm stand on global warming
WASHINGTON: The National Association of Evangelicals has reiterated that it considers environmental protection as a moral issue, dismissing a recent denouncement of the association by several leading conservative Christian leaders for calling for attention on global warming.
Recently, Christian radio commentator James Dobson and several conservative leaders like Gary Bauer, Tony Perkins and Paul Weyrich had sent a letter to the association, criticizing the association's vice president Rev Richard Cizik, for his call on tackling global warming.
The board of directors of the association has now reaffirmed a 2004 position paper it had adopted, which had outlined seven areas of civic responsibility for evangelicals -- creation care (meaning environmental protection), religious freedom, nurturing the family, sanctity of life, compassion for the poor, human rights and restraining violence....
