Church group slams Bush on Clean Air Act

AP ^ | April 22, 2004

[presidio9]

A national group of Christian leaders is sending a scathing letter to President Bush to coincide with Earth Day, accusing his administration of chipping away at the Clean Air Act.

The National Council of Churches argued that planned changes to power plant regulations will allow major polluters to avoid installing pollution-control equipment when they expand their facilities.

[Flux Capacitor]

----The National Council of Churches----

Who else?

-Dan

[2banana]

Monica Myers, pastor at Seattle's Northwest Christian Church, a Disciples of Christ congregation, said she doesn't plan to bash Bush in her sermon Sunday. Instead, she said she'll simply remind her congregation that pollution and other environmental problems tend to affect the poor more harshly than those who can afford to live in places far away from polluting factories or toxic waste sites.

1. If she did, her "church" would lose its tax exempt status (or is that only for conservative churches?).

2. I can guess where she land on the abortion issue.

3. Socialism has "affect the poor more harshly" than any other system known to man. Too bad that is exactly what she is proposing.

[A.A. Cunningham]

National Council of Churches = Communists

[Just mythoughts]

"sheep traffickers", wolves in sheep's clothing and dirtworshipers!!!!!

[bobjam]

Why the Orthodox continue to associate with this bunch is beyond me...then again, eastern Europe was the hotbed for socialism for many years...

A better name for this group is "National Council of Churches Nobody Goes to Anymore".

[tractorman]

I thought that a Christian pastor’s job was to save souls by preaching the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, not “worshipping” the earth. Just another wolf in sheep’s clothing.

[sinktheslimes]

why are these commies allowed to get tax exemptions as non political...these slime liberals use a church to promote politics...they need to render to caesar whats caesars and to god to god...this is over the line on the issue of environmental issues from the liberal pulpit...how about objections to scriptures ? and religious laws ? and fornication

[xusafflyer]

Monica Myers, pastor

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That says it all to me.

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Titus 1:5-7 "For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might set in order what remains, and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, namely, if any man be above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward..."

[wjcsux]

The National Council of Churches, an outfit that never lets The Word of God get in the way of its far-left, whacky agenda.

[Blood of Tyrants]

IMHO, th eNational Council of Churches just lost it's tax exempt status.

Aside from that, repeal the income tax and let all churches say whatever they like. This was once a free country.

[xzins]

The New-York based group, which represents 50 million people in 140,000 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox denominations

140,000 denominations??????

Call me...Mr Skeptical

[passionfruit]

Who the heck is the national counsil of churches? Sounds like a bunch of liberal enviro whackos calling themselves a religious interest.

[presidio9]

IMOHO, no group that does not have the participation of the RCC has the right to identify itself as "A national group of Christian leaders."

[xzins]

My calculator says you're correct

[presidio9]

My calculator says you're correct

Actually, I meant to say that they did NOT have that right, but I think you understood my intent.

[JFC]

This is a KNOWN group of activist. They are not really religious... they are political and LEAN way over to the left.

[Mike Darancette]

The National Council of Churches

Methinks that they had best look to the pollution in their pulpits.

[passionfruit]

I'm glad you clarified that. I thought you were supporting them.

[presidio9]

I just re-read what I said and it is confusing so let me clarify once and for all. If you do not include the RCC, you may not consider your group a national council of Christian leaders. You are more correctly a national council of protestant leaders. Whether you agree with them or not, Catholics account for half of all the Christians in this country.