SC evangelical leader withdraws Romney endorsement

[Lone_Star_Dem]

A prominent religious leader in South Carolina says he made a "personal error" in agreeing to support Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, The Baptist Press reports today.

Don Wilton is pastor of First Baptist Church in Spartanburg and a former president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. "Wilton said the Romney campaign has agreed to withdraw all references to his endorsement of Romney as a candidate," the paper writes.

Wilton told the paper he had never before endorsed a candidate of either party for any office. Part of his statement: "While I did give my consent to the local campaign to use my affirmation of the governor's stance on family values in my capacity as an individual citizen, I made the mistake of not realizing the extent to which it would be used on a national basis. It was my personal error to agree to support Romney's campaign."

"Rev. Wilton is a great leader in the community and we respect any decision he makes regarding his involvement with the campaign," campaign spokesman Kevin Madden said in an e-mailed statement.

The development is a setback for Romney, a Mormon who has been working to make inroads with religious conservatives and squeaked to a straw-poll win Saturday at a "Values Voter Summit" in Washington.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2007/10/sc-evangelical-.html
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Well, that didn't last long!

[tanyev]

1. He must have gotten a new revelation from God.

Does that make God a flip-flopper?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Oooops! The anti-Mormon vitriol is still alive and well in South Cackalackie!

[asjr]

3. This is another reason why religion

should be kept out of any political race. I do not like Romney but it seems this is interfering in a person's right to run for office. We should not be owned by religion.

[Dhalgren]

4. Somebody probably told Wilton that the Mormons believe that

God used to be a man and then became a god - and that the Mormons believe in many gods. That would take the starch right out of any good Southern Baptist... :P

[C_U_L8R]

5. flippity flop flip

so much flip floppin' amongst the diaper-wearing sect... someone's gonna get stabbed with a safety pin.