We have allowed the Progressives Socialists to remove God from nearly all public interactions, now they have replaced God with their own Diety to worship.......
In July of 2008,
Obama addressed the issue in a speech in Zanesville, Ohio.
“Now, make no mistake, as someone who used to teach constitutional law, I believe deeply in the separation of church and state, but I don’t believe this partnership will endanger that idea – so long as we follow a few basic principles. First, if you get a federal grant, you can’t use that grant money to proselytize to the people you help and you can’t discriminate against them – or against the people you hire – on the basis of their religion. Second, federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples, and mosques can only be used on secular programs. And we’ll also ensure that taxpayer dollars only go to those programs that actually work.”
As with most things that Obama says, this claim that was then. While Obama is following the left-wing penchant to eschew actual religiosity, Obama has apparently decided that his own special brand of religion would be what is promulgated with his continuation of Bush’s faith-based policies. The money he’s spending to “proselytize” his green ideas apparently doesn’t strike him as a violation of his 2008 proclamations.
Recently
Meghan Clyne wrote an excellent piece in the Weekly Standard that detailed how Obama is using his faith-based program to push global warming, climate change, and green initiatives on America’s churches and he’s doing so by brazenly coupling his faith-based council with the Environmental Protection Agency.
Apparently, the president’s council envisions the “partnership” between government and religious institutions as a means of spreading the administration’s environmental warnings, rather than just a way to help churches feed the hungry and clothe the poor. Faith-based organizations, the report notes, can take “a prominent leadership role in influencing policy, education, and action in those areas.”
…The council hopes the new EPA faith office will also help churches and other nonprofits improve “access to financing,” including “establishing revolving loan programs or working with utility companies to help finance greening building projects.” The ultimate aim of all this government-supported retrofitting is clear: “Regional staff would work to engage local faith-and community-based groups to help meet Obama administration targets for greening buildings and promoting environmental quality.”
So, Obama wants to use federal subsidies offered through he EPA and his faith-based outreach to get churches to promulgate the green faith.
http://biggovernment.com/wthuston/2...g-global-warming-climate-change-green-issues/
Environment and Climate Change
Members of the Taskforce
The Reverend Jim Ball,
Senior Director, Climate Change Campaign,
Evangelical Environment Network
The Reverend Canon Sally G. Bingham,
President,
Regeneration Project, Interfaith Power and Light
Cassandra Carmichael,
Director, Washington Office and
Eco-Justice Programs, National Council of Churches USA
Nathan J. Diament,
Director of Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
The Reverend Dr. Gerald L. Durley,
Senior Pastor, Providence Missionary Baptist Church
Juliet Ellis,
Executive Director, Urban Habitat
Most Reverend Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori,
Presiding Bishop and Primate; and
Michael Schut,
Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer, Episcopal Church
Jonathan Merritt,
Founder, Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative
Dan Misleh,
Executive Director, Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
Rabbi David Saperstein
, Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Hadar Susskind,
Washington Director (Former), Jewish Council for Public Affairs
The Reverend Dr. Sharon Watkins,
General Minister and President,
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada
piscopal Church
Jonathan Merritt,
Founder, Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative
Dan Misleh,
Executive Director, Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
Rabbi David Saperstein
Director and Counsel, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Hadar Susskind
Washington Director (Former), Jewish Council for Public Affairs
The Reverend Dr. Sharon Watkins
General Minister and President,
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada
