Environmentally Aware Christian? Don't You DARE Call Yourself "Pro-Life" On That Basis, Sez R-Wing

[hatrack]

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EEN is a group that seeks to “equip, inspire, disciple, and mobilize God's people in their effort to care for God's creation.” The statement from the religious-right leaders says that if green activists want to support the mercury rules and other environmental policies, they should do so “honestly and above-board.” “But they should not promote those causes under the pro-life banner,” the statement notes.

A press release accompanying the statement criticizes the recent EPA rules. Wayne Grudem, a theology professor at Phoenix Seminary who signed the statement, calls the EPA rules “excessive and unreasonable” and says they will raise energy costs, hurting the poor.

The statement was circulated by Cornwall Alliance, a conservative religious group that sees a “moral necessity of ecological stewardship” but advocates a “proper and balanced biblical view of stewardship to the critical issues of environment and development. “ The group differentiates between “well-founded” environmental concerns such as inadequate sanitation and “unfounded” concerns such as “destructive manmade global warming” and rampant species loss.

The group opposes the overwhelming view among scientists that human activities — notably greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use — are driving global warming.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/209465-pro-life-leaders-bash-green-evangelicals-over-epa-rule

[yellowcanine]

1. "Genuinely pro-life people will usually desire to reduce other risks as well — guided by

cost/benefit analysis."

Ah yes, once the child is actually born, we no longer need to be so diligent in protecting life, now we will use cost/benefit analysis.

[kristopher]

2. It's the same myopic rightwing view...

It's the same myopic rightwing view that ends "prolife" activism at the birth canal.

[phantom power]

3. "don't fuck with our branding"