Southern Baptists call for accountability in Gulf oil spill

NPR reports: The Southern Baptists have called for governmental and corporate accountability to protect the environment and prevent future crises like the one in the Gulf of Mexico:


As the oil continues to spill in the Gulf of Mexico, what to do about off-shore drilling and the regulation of the oil industry is cause for debate in Congress and among coastal residents. Now add to this another dimension: religion.

The Southern Baptist Convention has used notably strong language to call on the government — and its own congregation — to work to prevent such a crisis again.

In a resolution, the Convention called on the government "to act determinatively and with undeterred resolve to end this crisis ... to ensure full corporate accountability for damages, clean-up and restoration ... and to ensure that government and private industry are not again caught without planning for such possibilities."


Listen here.

Posted by Ann Fontaine on June 29, 2010 4:18 PM | |
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The Southern Baptist
"Messengers," as they are called, also affirmed “the Bible’s declaration that homosexual behavior is intrinsically disordered and sinful.” And they said that homosexuality was immoral and aberrant.

So, why do we pay any attention at all to these guys?

Posted by Linda McMillan [TypeKey Profile Page] | July 1, 2010 9:56 PM

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