On Sept. 12, 1960, President John F. Kennedy spoke to The Greater Houston Ministerial Assoc., saying emphatically that no religious leader, including the Pope, had the right to control his actions and influence the foreign and domestic policies in any way, shape or form.
He said this because, if he were to be the first Catholic president, many were concerned that he would have trouble with the "separation of church and state" thing. He wanted to make it clear to voters that they had nothing to be concerned about. The Catholic Chruch wasn't going to have anything to do with his politics.
Note: sometimes Rense needs to be taken with a grain of salt
[edit on 21-9-2006 by Excitable_Boy]


