Where does the religious right stand on environmental issues?  The answer may surprise you.

Rick Cizik is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Presbyterian church.  More importantly, he’s the vice-president of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella organizations for all the smaller evangelical organizations trying to do away with stem cell research, abortions, etc.  Cizik is just about as "right" as they come on those issues.

But Cizik is concerned about the environment.  His concerns stem from a spiritual belief that God entrusted man to be stewards of this planet, and we’re failing miserably at the task.

But the religious right is giving him hell for it:

The movement’s political leadership, however, sees the [environment] issue as a distraction from its main tactical priorities: getting more conservatives on the supreme court, banning gay marriages and overturning Roe v Wade, the 1973 abortion ruling.

"It is supposed to be counterproductive even to consider this. I guess they do not want to part company with the president. This is nothing more than political assassination. I may lose my job. Twenty-five church leaders asked me not to take a political position on this issue but I am a fighter," he said.

No doubt Jerry "global warming is a myth" Falwell has weighed in on this, too.   Wanker.

So where does the religious right stand on the environment?  Well, subject to exceptions like Cizik, they care about the unborn and not-yet-living.  As to the planet that the living live on, they couldn’t give a damn.