Politics: Increased Ecumenicalism and (perhaps) Evangelical Support for Romney in '08

If you can get past the gratuitous cheap shots against conservative Christians in the second paragraph, you'll find a pretty good article at slate.com detailing how the "religious right" has become more ecumenical over time and sketching out the influence of Richard John Neuhaus and First Things magazine in those changes. The article goes on to note that the increased ecumenical tenor of the movement may give hope to Mitt Romney in his hopes to be the Republican nominee for President in 2008. Regardless of whether Romney is the Republican nominee, I for one am grateful that many Christians have adopted a more ecumenical outlook in attempting to enact just laws and change the culture via the political process. This process is not only happening in the ecumenical sense (different denominations) but also in the political sense as there appears to be a slowly increasing willingness among politically conservative and liberal Chirstians to join together in common cause when appropriate (as seen in some conservatives taking conservationism more seriously, and some social liberals--particularly in minority communities--seeing the value in school choice).