A new faith-based advocacy group founded by Hillary Clinton’s former religious outreach director is airing a radio spot that takes a distinctly Christian perspective in pressuring Congress to pass a climate change bill. Listen to the ad here. Sponsored by the American Values Network, the ad is airing in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, and Ohio. The group is also promoting legislation to combat climate change through 5.3 million E-mails to evangelicals and Roman Catholics in some of those states. And it’s pressuring members of Congress with a new poll that suggests most Catholics and evangelicals support attempts to combat global warming . (That jars somewhat with another recent Pew poll that found skepticism among evangelicals and Catholics about human-created climate change). American Values Network is doing the kind of faith-based organizing that was once the exclusive province of the religious right. Here’s the script for the ad, read by centrist evangelical minister Joel Hunter: This is Rev. Joel Hunter. As our seas rise, crops wither, and rivers run dry, God’s creation cries out for relief. The failure to answer the calling to be […]