A woke pastor running for a Senate seat in Kansas once preached to his congregation to stop harming the environment by eating less beef.
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Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee who once led the largest United Methodist church in the US, urged his church to repent for behaviors that create harmful emissions.
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In a 2020 sermon called What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change? Hamilton raised concerns over the amount of carbon dioxide caused by raising cattle, according to Fox News.
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'Some of the things that we grow, because we like to eat them, like cattle, end up producing more carbon dioxide than other crops that we could grow, other forms of food that we could have,' said the pastor.
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Hamilton, 62, not only called on his followers to consider eating less beef but implored them to feel bad about habits that cause emissions.
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I'm calling us to repentance to say, "I realize that this has impact, even if it seems small, it has an impact on the world and future generations.
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And I feel badly about that, and I'm going to do something different from this time forward."
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Cattle account for roughly seven percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions globally, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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Hamiliton also suggested funding projects that can help lower the planets carbon footprint.
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Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee who once led the largest United Methodist church in the US, urged his church to repent from eating beef during a 2020 sermon called What Would Jesus Say About Climate Change?
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'Some of the things that we grow, because we like to eat them, like cattle, end up producing more carbon dioxide than other crops that we could grow, other forms of food that we could have,' said the Democrat
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The pastor's opponent, incumbent Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican, jumped on the opportunity to take a shot at Hamilton and the left.
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'In a state with more cattle than people, Hamilton saying that Kansans need repent for eating too much beef and flip flopping on the Farm Bill proves he’d be just like every other liberal Democrat in the Senate,' Marshall said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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Kansas has a population of just 2.9 million, while its 5.8 million cattle practically outnumber residents two to one.
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The Sunflower State is the third-largest beef producer in the US, according to the Kansas Livestock Association.
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Hamilton's spokesman, Tyson Brody, fired back at Marshall, accusing the incumbent of hypocrisy and pointing to his previous comments that declining cattle herds had reduced methane emissions.
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'Marshall even bragged how the decline of the herd "eliminated half of the methane gas produced from cattle already,"' Brody told the outlet.
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As Adam said at the debate, Roger should repent for failing to stand up for Kansas cattle producers on tariffs, foreign imports, and skyrocketing diesel prices, and now he should repent for attacking Adam for something Roger Marshall said himself in the Senate.
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'Kansas producers don't need lectures from someone who voted to put warning labels on hot dogs and bacon.
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Hamilton hopes to unseat Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican, in what is expected to be a close November election
Cattle account for roughly seven percent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions globally, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Stock Image)
Brody was referring to Marshall's vote to advance legislation that would require warning labels on certain ultra-processed foods.
The last time Democrats won a US Senate election in Kansas was in 1932, but the state's current governor, Democrat Laura Kelly, won in 2018 and 2022.
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Hamilton beat out a crowded field in the Democratic primary, besting 10 other candidates.
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The pastor notes on his campaign website that he is 'running for Senate because he believes we need to stop the chaos and corruption in Washington by actually listening and bringing people together to solve problems.'
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Recent polling suggests a tight race, with surveys producing mixed results between Marshall and Hamilton.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Hamilton and Marshall for comment.
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