Mitt Gets Welcome Evangelical Support

The Mitt Romney campaign for president has obtained a very important supporter in Bob Jones III, the chancellor of Bob Jones University in South Carolina.
You remember ol' Bob Jones? In the 2000 campaign, it was revealed that this bastion of evangelical, fundamentalist Christianity was "anti-Catholic" because of real theological differences.
Oh, the "Straight Talk Express" of Sen. John "F--- You" McCain made so much out of the past statements of the university's founder, Bob Jones regarding the Roman Catholic church and the theological differences. Some people don't get that is why there are Protestants. We who are Protestants do not have theological agreement with the Roman Catholic Church.
But, how times have changed.
Dr. Jones III took a look at the Republican field, found that the candidate that will best promote a social conservative agenda is former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney. Dr. Jones III puts it bluntly. Its all about beating Hilary. As in New York senator Hilary Clinton, the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee.
If there are serious theological differences between Bob Jones University, a Baptist university, and the Roman Catholic Church, then supporting a practicing Mormon must be like supporting a Martian.
But, times and issues have changed.
It is Mr. Romney, who has become a convert to the social conservative agenda, who can carry the day over lapsed Roman Catholic Rudy Giuliani, sometime Christian former Sen. Fred Thompson and Baptist, nee Episcopalian Sen. "F--- You" McCain. That is the conclusion of a serious religious conservative. And it shows that the opposition to Mr. Romney is beginning to crumble. That is a good thing.
A reminder to my friends who are on the fundamentalist side of Christianity. We are not electing a Pope or Presiding Bishop or president of a denomination. We are going to be electing the President of the United States. And, we should be looking at one that will address the issues that are of concern to those of us who see the decline of American society.
No, a president can't change in one fell swoop. But, he or she can set the tone.
And, if a Bob Jones III can see that a Mormon can make a difference, then those who still oppose Mr. Romney are doing so out of outright religious bigotry. And that would be ironic.
Time for those who are religiously bigoted to try to look past the Mormonism of Mitt Romney and what he would do as president to pursue the agenda that we all support.