WWJD?

It's no secret that the leaders of the religious right in this country have as much in common with the teachings of Jesus as does a sales circular. But, much like the conservative movement that long ago allowed itself to be hijacked by these fanatics, when presented with an opportunity to change, they choose to stay the course. Here is an upsetting story-

The president-elect of the Christian Coalition of America has declined the job, saying the organization wouldn't let him expand its agenda beyond opposing abortion and gay marriage.

The Rev. Joel Hunter, who was scheduled to take over the socially conservative group in January from Roberta Combs, said he had hoped to focus on issues such as poverty and the environment.

"These are issues that Jesus would want us to care about," said Hunter, a senior pastor at Northland Church in Longwood, Fla...

..."They pretty much said, 'These issues are fine, but they're not our issues, that's not our base,'" Hunter said...

Rev. Hunter comes off here as the anti-Robertson... someone who believes that-- gosh!!-- poverty and the environment are more important concerns for Christians than abortions and queers gittin' hitched. And the Christian Coalition wanted none of that crazy talk! So another opportunity for self-improvement has slipped away. And we will still have Pat Robertson's perverted religiousity to kick around.

The plus side, again, is that now we'll have a congress not subservient to all of this.