WWJD?

The Rev. Joel Hunter was recently elected president of the Christian Coalition of America, an organization founded in 1989 by Pat Robertson, but won’t be taking the helm as planned.

From the Southwest Florida Herald Tribune:

Hunter, who was scheduled to take over the socially conservative political group Jan. 1, 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,” Hunter said.

He resigned Tuesday during an organization board meeting. Hunter said he was not asked to leave.

“They pretty much said, ‘These issues are fine, but they’re not our issues, that’s not our base,’” Hunter said.

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“To tell you the truth, I feel like there are literally millions of evangelical Christians that don’t have a home right now,” Hunter said.

The board accepted his decision unanimously, claiming “differences in philosophy and vision.”

“Philosophy and vision” meaning they’d rather keep a a single-minded focus on fighting women’s reproductive freedom and gay marriage. Does “that’s not our base” mean “that’s not who gives us money?”

How can starving people on a degraded planet compare to that? Those might be “liberal” causes, something supported by those dangerous individuals on the Left, and of course they wouldn’t want to be associated with that. Keeping two women from exchanging commitment vows is obviously more critical than clean air and water, just as ensuring that every blastocyst is baptized is far more important than providing food and medical care to children already here. They’ve got to prioritize.

Now we all know where they stand.

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