Not all of the religious are “right,” some are correct.

'God's Mandate': Putting The White House on Notice
Sunday, February 6, 2005, The Washington Post

Frustration with the Bush administration's environmental polices is bubbling up from mainstream churches and synagogues, as reflected in a statement signed recently by more than 1,000 clergy and congregational leaders in about 35 states.

Called "God's Mandate: Care for Creation," the statement says that "there was no mandate, no majority, or no 'values' message in this past election for the President or the Congress to rollback and oppose programs that care for God's creation."

In a conference call last month, some Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders came up with the idea of a strong statement on the environment to warn the White House and Republicans in Congress that there are limits to the support they can expect from the religious community …

The statement objects to Bush's policies on global warming, toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants and lack of emphasis on conservation. The National Council of Churches is circulating the statement to 250,000 clergy and lay leaders across the country.

I’m sometimes guilty of tarring all persons of the religious persuasion with the same brush with which I paint the biblebangers. That ignores the fact that two thirds of Americans who attend church on a regular basis are not extremist wackos. Shame on me.