Local evangelicals go organic

It's not just Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in The Seattle Times' coverage of the recent visit [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vorte

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                <h1>Local evangelicals go organic</h1>
                <h2><p>It's not just Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in The Seattle Times' coverage of the recent visit [http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vorte</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/knute-berger-crosscut-com/">Knute Berger</a></p> 
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            <p><b>It's not just</b> Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in <i>The Seattle Times</i>' <a href="http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=huckabee16m0&date=20071116&query=huckabee&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">coverage of the recent visit</a> to the area by Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee:</p><p><b>It's not just</b> Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in <i>The Seattle Times</i>' <a href="http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=huckabee16m0&date=20071116&query=huckabee&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">coverage of the recent visit</a> to the area by Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee:  Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, was endorsed by <a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2004-11-17/news/evangelize-the-vote.php?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Joseph Fuiten</a>, pastor of Cedar Park Church in Bothell, and 29 other evangelical-faith community leaders from the area.   "The governor represents our values," Fuiten said after a small fundraising luncheon at the Harbor Club in Bellevue. "I like that he believes, and I like what he believes. His Christianity is organic; he has been this way all his life."  Not sure what non-organic Christianity is, but I'm sure it involves plenty of fertilizer.</p>
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It's not just Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in The Seattle Times' coverage of the recent visit to the area by Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee:

It's not just Seattle's lefties who tout the benefits of organics, it's also one of the region's premier right-wing religious political activists. There was an interesting nugget in The Seattle Times' coverage of the recent visit to the area by Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee: Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, was endorsed by Joseph Fuiten, pastor of Cedar Park Church in Bothell, and 29 other evangelical-faith community leaders from the area. "The governor represents our values," Fuiten said after a small fundraising luncheon at the Harbor Club in Bellevue. "I like that he believes, and I like what he believes. His Christianity is organic; he has been this way all his life." Not sure what non-organic Christianity is, but I'm sure it involves plenty of fertilizer.

Knute Berger

By Knute Berger

Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.

Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.