Santorum at odds with church's call to safeguard the earth

It's often struck me as odd that so many self-described traditional Christians regard environmentalism as an assault from the radical, anti-religious left. Stewardship of the planet in woven right into Genesis and throughout the Old and New Testaments -- but not according to the people who scream "Drill, baby, drill!" on their way to church every Sunday.

A provocative column in the Los Angeles Times goes after that inconsistency head-on. The Times' former religion reporter, Larry Stammer, takes Rick Santorum to task for criticizing the theological underpinnings of President Barack Obama's green policy while ignoring his own church's explicit call to safeguard the earth. Here's an excerpt: