"Christian Coalition loses leader in dispute"

[wavesofeuphoria]

Christian Coalition loses leader in dispute
By WILLOUGH MARIANO and WILLOUGHMARIANO
Orlando Sentinel
11/24/2006

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Florida pastor recently tapped to lead the Christian Coalition of America resigned his position in a dispute about conservative philosophy - more than a month before he was to fully assume his post, he said this week.
The Rev. Joel Hunter, of Northland, A Church Distributed, in Longwood, Fla., said he quit as president-elect of the group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson because he realized he would be unable to broaden the organization's agenda beyond opposing abortion and same-sex marriage.

He hoped to include issues such as easing poverty and saving the environment.

"These are issues that Jesus would want us to care about," Hunter said.

The resignation took place Tuesday during an organization board meeting. Hunter said he was not asked to leave.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20061124/1069655.asp

[marmar]

1. Christian Coalition: Sane people need not apply.

:crazy:

[Warpy]

5. Nor Christians, it seems

Only the sex phobic need apply, hating gays and women a must.

[Lucky Luciano]

2. yea....you wouldn't want the coalition to be splitting its votes

half dem and half thug now would ya?! :sarcasm:

[Limelight]

3. Good for him...

It's about time evangelicals in the country started giving more of a crap about the quality of people's lives than telling other grown men and women who have as much of a right as they to do whatever they want what can and can't make them happy.

As a Christian and a Democrat I'm just about sick and tired of Republicans acting as if they have some sort of patent on Christianity. Especially when they don't seem to stand for much that Christ himself ever stood for.

[Swede]

4. "easing poverty and saving the environment."

Too busy worrying about homosexuals to ease proverty?

[Minnesota_Lib]

6. Job vacancy. Wanted: White, bigoted, one-note male. Experience with Jesus not required.