WWJD? NAE Stands Firm

Evangelicals Affirm Stance on Environment, Oppose Torture

RNS' Adelle M. Banks reports that the National Association of Evangelicals has supported a staffer that some thought to be "too environmentally friendly" and endorsed a statement condemning torture, in this week's full-text article, linked above.

But James Dobson won't be happy.

Quotes:

Focus on the Family Chairman James Dobson and two dozen other evangelical leaders had asked the board to consider ousting the Rev. Richard Cizik, the NAE's vice president for governmental affairs, because of his "relentless campaign" against global warming.

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In a March 1 letter to NAE Board Chairman L. Roy Taylor, Dobson and other signatories had expressed concern that Cizik and others were moving the emphasis of evangelicals from the "great moral issues of our time," including abortion and homosexuality.