From the ArcaMax Publishing, Religion & Spirituality Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/religionandspirituality/s-575017-452524
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Progressive and liberal Christians are revving up
political activism in the faith-based politicking long associated with
the religious right, observers say.
Of immediate concern is a massive left-leaning ad blitz on Christian
and country-music stations across 10 states urging support for
congressional legislation to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. The ads
picture the issue as an urgent matter of Biblical proportions, The
Wall Street Journal says.
A religious coalition called the American Values Network spent nearly
$200,000 for the global ads and plans another $150,000 in the coming
months to rally church pew support among pastors and congregations in
Nevada, Colorado and Arizona for climate change legislation.
Another left-based religious coalition planned scripture-quoting radio
ads this weekend aimed at more affordable health insurance.
The religious right and secular conservatives meanwhile are taking
notice and are promoting a campaign dismissing global-warming alarms
as hype and potentially harmful to the economy in general and the poor
in particular. That message also is circulating among the pews.