We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web we do to ourselves. Yet burdens fall disproportionately on the planet s most vulnerable-the poor, the sick, the elderly, and future generations. Scripture teaches, Justice, and only justice, you shall follow. Climate change afflicts God s children It diminishes food supplies, leads to the spread of infectious disease, and jeopardizes homes and safety in low-lying coasts.
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We concur that the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change by 160 nations in 1997 was a good and appropriate action. This agreement seeks to curtail existing and devastating potential effects of global climate change. The next step calls for the President to submit, and for the U.S. Senate to ratify, a treaty committing our nation to equitable international commitments such as those envisaged in Kyoto. We are eager to join you in establishing the Indiana Faith-Based Global Climate Change Campaign. We speak as people of faith, seeking to be true to God s intentions for creation, and not as members of an environmental movement.