Posted: 11/19/04
Bob Jones president praises Bush election
By Adelle Banks
Religion News Service
GREENVILLE, S.C. (RNS)–The president of Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist school in South Carolina, has written President Bush to say his re-election shows God has given the nation “a reprieve from the agenda of paganism.”
Bob Jones III read his letter to students at a chapel service on the Greenville, S.C., campus, and it was posted on the school's website.
“In your re-election, God has graciously granted America–though she doesn't deserve it–a reprieve from the agenda of paganism,” he said.
Jones encouraged the president to move on with his conservative agenda, suggesting Bush should remove staffers who don't agree with his biblical values.
“You owe the liberals nothing,” he said. “They despise you because they despise your Christ.”
Jones added that he expects those values to contribute to policy decisions made in the coming four years on matters such as sexuality, sanctity of life and freedom of speech.
“You have four years–a brief time only–to leave an imprint for righteousness upon this nation that brings with it the blessings of Almighty God,” he said.
President Bush was criticized for visiting the school during his 2000 presidential campaign. At the time, the school had a ban on interracial dating.
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