The Pew Charitable Trusts has an interesting poll out on the support for strong environmental protections among religious groups. Here's the lead:
| In contrast to abortion, gay marriage and other hot-button cultural issues, which divide most religious groups in the United States, there is a fairly strong consensus across faith traditions on environmental policy, according to recent polls sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
Nevertheless, conservative Christians and some minorities are not quite as supportive of environmental regulations as are others. By a two-to-one margin (55 percent to 27 percent ) respondents back strong regulations to protect the environment. Furthermore, the level of support is quite deep. Respondents in this survey were asked whether they favored stronger environmental regulations "even if they cost jobs or result in higher prices." |
The lack of attention paid by Christians to the environment is something that has always baffled me. In Genesis God specifically asks man to act as stewards of the Earth he has created. How then can you choose to ignore the widespread damage we're doing and still claim to be a "good Christian?" I mean, if you do believe in a God that sends his people to heaven and hell, wouldn't you figure that he might be a bit unhappy if you trashed the place he created for you to live?
But you almost never - and I mean never - hear from religious leaders when it comes to environmental issues. Seems to me if the Dems were smart, this would be one place where they could move to recapture the debate over values. Destroying the environment is immoral. And if this poll is correct, a majority of Americans agree.
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