Mormons vs Christian Evangelicals

Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, a Republican presidential candidate, is (according to the New York Times and NPR) seeking to quiet concerns among evangelicals about his religion. Romney is Mormon, a religion viewed with suspicion by many evangelical conservatives. It seems that evangelicals are getting a little taste of how many of us view them - as being scary in their devotion to their religion and exhibiting a tendency to paint things in black and white. How scary would it be to have someone in the White House who believes that God hand-picked him for the office, that God talks to him and, leads him in every decision? Well, it would be about as scary as it is right now. A religious extremist in the White House? Never!