Of Leo And Lenin: Happy Earth Day From The Religious Right.Is actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio a communist? The Family Research Council (FRC FRC abbr. functional residual capacity FRC see functional residual capacity. ) seems to think so. In an April 20 "CultureFacts" alert headlined "Of Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. and Lenin," the Washington, D.C.-based Religious Right group said DiCaprio and "several other entertainment types" were descending on the nation's capital the following weekend to "celebrate population control, economic redistribution and the environment." The FRC, a spinoff of Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family, thought the timing of the Earth Day event was mighty suspicious. "The socialist-leaning movement known as environmentalism," the FRC noted darkly, "is observing the 30th Annual Earth Day, which happens to coincide with communist dictator Nikolai Lenin's birthday." Coincidence? The FRC apparently doesn't think so. Instead of DiCaprio and company, the FRC recommended that Americans look to the Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship, a new coalition of conservative religious leaders that will offer a "Judeo-Christian" alternative on the environment. The Council held a press conference in Washington, D.C., April 17 to release a document called the "Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship." Endorsers include James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, TV preacher D. James Kennedy Dennis James Kennedy, (November 3 1930 – September 5 2007) was an American televangelist and founder of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he was senior pastor from 1960 until his death in 2007. , the Rev. Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association The American Family Association (AFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes conservative Christian values.[1][2][3][4] It was founded in 1977 by Rev. , Charles Colson of Prison Fellowship, Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization, focusing on evangelism and discipleship in over 190 countries around the world. Its mission is "to win people to Christ, build them in their faith, and send them out to win, build and send others. , World magazine editor Marvin Olasky, Christian Reconstructionist author George Grant and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Conservative Catholics included the Rev. Richard John Neuhaus Richard John Neuhaus (born May 21, 1936) is a prominent Catholic priest and writer born in Canada and living in the United States, where he is a naturalized citizen. He is the founder and editor of the monthly journal First Things of the Institute on Religion and Public Life, the Rev. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life Priests for Life (PFL) is a Roman Catholic pro-life organization based in New York. It functions as a network to promote and coordinate pro-life activism with the primary strategic goal of ending abortion and euthanasia and to spread the Gospel of Life according to the encyclical and the Acton Institute's Robert Sirico, a Catholic priest who spearheaded the Cornwall Declaration. The religious leaders charge that liberal environmentalists "elevate concern for nature above concern for people." They deny that global warming is occurring, argue that there is no over-population crisis and insist there is no evidence for rampant disappearance of species. |
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