Upon Further Review

You know, what I've been saying about the tsunami relief is that rather than criticizing what other folks are doing, it's easier and more useful to do something yourself. Nevertheless, I think this report from Working For Change is, as Brit Hume famously said, "descriptive of something":

As of December 30, some of the president's major family-values constituents have yet to be heard from: It's business as usual at the web sites of the American Family Association, the Family Research Council, the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, Concerned Women for America, and the Coral Ridge Ministries.

These powerful and well-funded political Christian fundamentalist organizations appear to be suffering from a compassion deficit. Organizations which are amazingly quick to organize to fight against same-sex marriage, a woman's right to choose, and embryonic stem cell research are missing in action when it comes to responding to the disaster in southern Asia. None of their web sites are actively soliciting aid for the victims of the earthquake/tsunami.

In fact, there is no mention of the giant earthquake and tsunami that devastated southern Asia. There are no headlines about the dead, injured or the tremendous damage; there are no urgent appeals for donations; there are no phone numbers to call; there are no links to organizations collecting money and providing aid for the victims.

There's a rundown over there of the drivel that does appear on their websites, including such important issues as movie reviews of Fat Albert, and the truth about Alfred Kinsey. This from the arbiters of moral values. Keep lecturing me on that, by the way. My response will be, "Physicians, heal thyself."