Re: Resolution on Endangered Species

PMJAQUA@pwinet.upj.com
Mon, 4 Mar 1996 10:11:03 -0500

Has the Christian Evnironmental Council of the Evangelical
Environmetal Network considered the damage the Endangered Species Act has
done to private property rights in this country? People have had their
property devalued so that they lost money. People have been denied the
right to develop their own property. People have lost their property and
livelihood because some protected species was on the land. People have been
fined and imprisoned for trying to rid their land of protected pests even
when the animals moved onto the land after the people bought it.
Note that I keep using the word 'people' a lot. I do that because
the Endangered Species Act has gone way too far in promoting the "rights"
of animals over the Rights of man.

Mike Jaqua
Kalamazoo, MI
pmjaqua@pwinet.upj.com

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ALAN KEYES FOR PRESIDENT !!!!!!
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The following resolution was passed unanimously at the Colorado meeting of
the Christian Evnironmental Council of the Evangelical Environmetal Network
and was posted to the Christian in Science listserve. Please distribute it
and act on its recommendations.

RESOLUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
OF THE EVANGELICAL ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
ON THE CARE AND KEEPING OF CREATION
AND ITS LIVING SPECIES

The Christian Environmental Council of the Evangelical Environmental
Network resolves:

Whereas the scriptures declare the Earth is the Lord's and all that
dwells within it (Psalm 24:1); and

Whereas the Lord shows concern for every creature (Matthew 6:26);
and

Whereas these and other Scriptural grounds have been elaborated more
fully in the Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation which
is attached and made part of this resolution; and

Whereas the Endangered Species Act, in the quarter-century since its
passage by the Congress of the United Sates, has proved to be a
flexible and effective aid in slowing and averting the extinction of
living species; and

Whereas the Congress of the United States is responsible for the
reauthorization, funding and implementation of the Endangered
Species Act, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: 1. The Christian
Environment Council (CEC) at its annual session on October 21, 1995
at Pike National Forest, Colorado supports a strong and effective
Endangered Species Act; and

2. The CEC opposes any Congressional action that would weaken,
hamper, reduce or end the protection, recovery and preservation of
God's creatures, including their habitats, especially as accomplished
under the Endangered Species Act;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: The CEC urges Congress to strengthen the
Endangered Species Act, and to provide additional funding support for
endangered species recovery so the Act may be even more effective in
preserving God's creatures in this nation and through out the world.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 21st day of October 1995, by unanimous vote.

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CALVIN DEWITT SUSAN DRAKE
President, CEC Recording Secretary

Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.ksu.edu
http://www.ksu.edu/~kbmill/