Divide & Conquer?

Is this the way to divide the evangelicals? The environment?

From Robert Novak's column:

The Arlington Group, a Washington-based pro-family coalition of more than 60 organizations, disinvited Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma from its recent meeting because of his conservative views on the environment.

Conservative leader Paul Weyrich, who sits on the Arlington Group's executive committee, had arranged for Inhofe's appearance at the meeting in early May. But Inhofe was canceled because of pressure by Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals. He objected to Inhofe's appearance because the Arlington Group focuses on marriage issues.

The association recently asked Christian leaders to sign ''an evangelical call to civic responsibility'' that commits them to environmental ''sustainability.''

Inhofe, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has publicly expressed concern that Haggard is letting environmentalists take advantage of him.