TAMPA, Fla. — As the parade of witnesses to the godliness, charity and grace of Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention Thursday night reminded us, Romney was a leading bishop in the Mormon Church. If he wins in November, he would be the first high-ranking religious official to become president of the U.S. in modern times.
The one-time president of the Boston Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Romney is thus part of a presidential candidate trend that began in the modern era with Jimmy Carter, a lay preacher in the Baptist Church; television evangelist Pat Robertson; and Mike Huckabee of Arkansas.
Before the nominee’s own speech on Thursday, the Romney campaign gingerly unveiled a new emphasis on Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith and service — an important, inescapable and perhaps helpful thread in the effort to turn him into a sympathetic, empathetic figure.
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