For many months it has seemed obvious to me that in regards to their conservative political values, evangelical Christians would find Mitt Romney to be the most electable candidate. I know there are many evangelicals who deplore Mormonism and who define Mormonism as incompatible with Christianity. Still, from a pragmatic and practical point of view, it seems that evangelicals would want to pick Mitt Romney over Rudolph Giulani - particularly because of Giulani’s stance on abortion. Bob Jones III, described as “chancellor of the Christian fundamentalist school named for his family” puts it pretty succinctly in this article:
“If it turns out to be Giuliani and Hillary we’ve got two pro-choice candidates, and that would be a disaster.”
1Dan on Oct 17, 2007 at 8:26 am:
Bob Jones III still considers us a cult. Never forget that. This is not the kind of person we need to be in bed with.
2danithew on Oct 17, 2007 at 9:10 am:
The discomfort may be mutual Dan … observing/reading the Bob Jones response - it seems he feels compelled to do something he doesn’t really want to do (vote for a Mormon). I’ts like watching a cat regurgitate a hairball. Obviously this isn’t a ringing endorsement.
3Brian D. on Oct 17, 2007 at 9:43 am:
But, Dan, we are a cult.
Jeff Lindsay discussed this on his web site a while back (can’t find the post).