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Evangelicals oust spokesman: After publicly declaring that he “believed in” civil unions for gay people, a top official of a prominent Christian evangelical group resigned under pressure last week. The Rev. Richard Cizik, chief spokesman and lobbyist for the 30 million–member National Association of Evangelicals, resigned after meeting with the Rev. Leith Anderson, president of the Minnesota-based association. Days before, Cizik told NPR host Terry Gross that civil unions for gays posed no threat to heterosexual marriage. Cizik had earlier angered some evangelicals when he called global warming “an offense against God.” Anderson said Cizik had “lost the leadership’s confidence.”

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