Group of evangelical Christian leaders sign a statement saying global warming is real.
"Christians and Republicans -- like Batman and Robin, or Lennon and McCartney -- just seem to go together. The duo has teamed up to fight the evils of evolution, abortion, gay marriage and stem cells.
But in early February, a Yoko appeared in the form of the Evangelical Climate Initiative and put a wedge between these seemingly inseparable political teammates. A group of evangelical Christian leaders (90 and growing) have signed their names to the ECI statement, which says that global warming is real, that humans are causing it and that we need to do something about it."
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