I RESPECT religious leaders who speak out on morality, even when they do so outside of their places of worship, in print and in television interviews.  However, a group of faith leaders in Phoenix, Arizona strayed in an Arizona Republic op-ed calling for a “moral summons to combat climate change.”

They continued to use the tired, unproven statement that the “vast majority of climate scientists” tell us that, to protect our health and economy, we must deal with the imminent and coming threats of climate change.

Yes, we are experiencing higher temperatures in parts of the country, causing heat-related deaths.  No one denies that climate changes; it has done so for centuries.  In the past ten decades we have been warned about heat waves and cold waves, with predictions that earth’s demise is imminent.

I was saddened to read in the op-ed that the faith leaders have been convinced that the solution to the climate crisis requires a rapid transitioning to a clean energy economy to reduce air pollution. Never mind that emissions are down under the Trump administration.

While referring to the production and burning of fossil fuels as a contributor to the public health crisis, “especially (affecting) those in communities who have been systematically marginalized,” the leaders appeared to offer “forgiveness, repentance and adaption,” as they appealed to voters and candidates to share their moral values.

They’ve been taken in by the Democrat-controlled House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, with its 12 pillars to confront climate change.  It will go nowhere, because there is no real solution.  The document will gather dust in the House.

BLAMING CLIMATE CHANGE for those massive fires in California, Oregon and Washington by officials in those states is still another example of a lack of Democrat leadership, as is the case with the domestic terrorism being experienced in those same states.

In most instances, it’s the same old story of a failure to properly manage the forest by thinning out trees and cutting down dead trees.  On previous visits to the California, President Trump chided Gov. Gavin Newsom over that issue.  Environmentalists continue to block thinning.  Forest clearing was again a topic of discussion during the president’s Monday visit to California.

The wacko Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington State believes we should rename the wildfires, “climate fires.”  I’m surprised he didn’t want them named “Trump fires.”  Why not?  The left is referring to the “Trump virus.”

THEN THERE’S JOE BIDEN, who embarrassingly said, “If you give a climate arsonist four more years in the White House, why would anyone be surprised if we have more of America ablaze.  We need a president who respects science, who understands the damage from climate change is already here, and unless we take urgent action, it’ll soon be more catastrophic.’

Then, as if his speechwriter suddenly reminded him of those votes of suburban women, he said, “How many suburbs will be burned out by wildfires?  How many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out?  How many suburbs will have been blown away in major storms?”

We since learned that four individuals in California, Oregon and Washington have been arrested for arson so far.

FAMILIAR WITH WOODED AREAS – During my brief residence in Northern Arizona, proper thinning of the forest areas there was a hot topic, with environmentalists blocking it. The first home I built there backed right up to the Coconino Forest, causing me concern over the lack of proper thinning.

Later, during my residence in the Texas hill country, I personally cleared a large wooded area on my property, removing dead limbs, fallen trees and those that would soon fall, along with underbrush.  I became rather adept with a chain saw.  With the help of a wood chipper, I used a good supply of chips to form a walking path through the woods.

THEN THERE’S THIS – After most of the public witnessed on television the man walk up to a parked Los Angeles Sheriff’s Patrol car, occupied by two deputies, and open fire with a handgun, Joe Biden tweeted, “Weapons of war have no place in our communities.  We need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.”  Still need more evidence that he’s lost it?

May God continue to bless the United States of America.