Heidi Flanagan wants to “draw a line in the sand” and fight for legislative prayer. (“It’s time to fight,” July 17.) She says this isn’t just for “Christianity per se.” Great! Then I can inform the City Council about my Earth Goddess Geo-Gaia and how ticked off she is at humans for climate pollution. It’s good to know the legal fees will be covered pro bono (and pro-life) by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which was so successful in running the recent Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case.
Of course, you might say praying to a Supreme Being before a legislative meeting is just passing the buck. Many believe that “acts of God” like hurricanes Katrina and Sandy and town-killing tornados are powered by human-caused climate change. If so, prayer is no substitute for legislative action such as a carbon tax. ChurchoftheGoddess.org teaches us that climate disasters are just a warning to obey the natural laws of Earth science and cut carbon pollution.
— L. Paul Carpenter – Arroyo Grande
This article appears in Jul 31 – Aug 7, 2014.
