50 Years Ago
Almost 50 years ago, a man who was running for President of the US gave a speech about how he wouldn’t let his religious beliefs affect—in any way—his functioning as president:
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I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute–where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote–where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference–and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.“_John F. Kennedy, September 12, 1960_”:http://www.beliefnet.com/story/40/story_4080.html
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Today we have presidential candidates saying things like “Freedom requires religion” and that “Freedom and religion endure together, or perish alone.”
Yeah… and what if you’re an atheist? What if you want to have nothing to do with religion at all?
Guess there’s no place for you in this country, eh?
Shite. There. I’ve done it, I’ve become political again. May whatever God, G-d, or higher power you believe in have mercy on your soul.
