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Evangelicals, Scientists Join on Warming
It also has requested a meeting with President Bush. Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, all signaled their support Wednesday for the collaboration of evangelicals and scientists.
Their pairing grew from a retreat last year at which all sides agreed that human behavior and public policy have put the environment at risk.
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In the past, conservative Christians who embraced that cause have met significant resistance.
The Rev. Joel Hunter of Northland megachurch in Longwood, Fla., refused to become president of the Christian Coalition of America last year because he said the group would not expand its agenda to include the environment and poverty. Hunter has now endorsed the new project.
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