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Randy Thomas, vice president of Exodus International, an evangelical ministry, wrote last month that “I have decided to vote for Huckabee. Yes, it is because he is unabashedly Christian, but it is also that he does care for the environment.”
This is the context of what I wrote about Huckabee …
“…Yes, it is because he is unabashedly Christian, but it is also that he does care for the environment (in a balanced way … not the “new religion” kind of way.) I like that he has a lot of good experience as well. Of all the candidates, I like him. I like Fred too, but Huck is just as likeable in my opinion.”
I care about the environment but I would not sign on to what is being presented as the “green” movement today. From what I have seen of Huckabee, he doesn’t buy all the nonsense but also doesn’t deny our responsibility to be caretakers. I don’t think God is “Green” but I do think He cares for His entire creation in which He charged mankind to take dominion of (Genesis 1).
I also spoke on my own behalf and not in my capacity as the EVP of Exodus. At the very beginning of my blog post I wrote …
Speaking on behalf of me….and me alone … not any organization and (especially not Exodus because Exodus as an organization does not support or condemn any particular candidate) *I* have decided to vote for Huckabee.
MSNBC did not contact me or cite my blog. I find that intriguing and think it would have been common courtesy to do so. I found out that I was quoted by J. Thanks J. I don’t like the appearance that I was quoted to make the case that there is a schism within evangelicals over the environment.
Others who have picked up the story (thanks for the links and welcome readers.)
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