Lemme out!

James Dobson and Don Wildmon have taken the National Association of Evangelicals (of which they AREN'T members, I might add) to task for adding the environment to their list of priorities.

One-Size Politics Doesn't Fit All

I, for one, am relieved that any group of evangelicals is promoting anything else in addition to sexual and reproductive morality and are considering that maybe the Republicans might - gasp! - be wrong about some issues.

Most of the people in charge of that party and the current administration have a different god than we do - the almighty dollar. They just woo us with a few planks in the platform and tack "God bless America" onto the end of their speeches to win our votes. The rest of their days are spent cutting backroom deals with cronies and helping them get richer at everyone else's (not to mention the environment's) expense.

It also frightens me that so many Christians believe that the jungle law and social Darwinism taught by mean-spirited agnostic radio commentators are biblical principles. I've actually been suspected of being a communist for praising the early church's all-for-one monetary philosophy. Capitalism really does trump scripture when the rubber meets the road in your workaday red state church.

The GOP has had evangelicals in their hip pocket for far too long. I want out.