Romney at Regent Controversy
Posted: May 6th, 2007, 9:27 am
Here is the Boston fishwrap's take on Romney at Regent's graduation:
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Romney's visit stirs debate at Christian university
Pat Robertson explained his invitation to Mitt Romney in a memo to faculty, students, and alumni at Regent University. Romney steered clear of his religion in yesterday's address. (Gary C. Knapp/associated press)
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | May 6, 2007
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Mitt Romney, in a major test of his appeal to religious conservatives, delivered the commencement speech yesterday to the largest-ever graduating class at Regent University, the Christian school founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.
The university's selection of Romney, a Mormon, as this year's graduation speaker had generated a soul-searching debate in recent weeks on the 30-year-old evangelical campus, with some students objecting because of Mormonism's deep theological differences with mainline Christianity.
