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Old 02-26-2012, 08:05 PM   #112
Lamplighter
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I realize it has become repetitive, but Rick is not letting up.

CBS News
Leigh Ann Caldwell
2/25/12

Santorum: Church/state separation not absolute
Quote:
I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute,"
Santorum said Sunday on ABC's "This Week."

He was referring to a 1960 speech by then-presidential candidate
John F. Kennedy on religion and governance,
which Santorum said "makes me throw up."

"Because the first line, first substantive line in the speech says, 'I believe in America
where the separation of church and state is absolute," the former Pennsylvania senator said
"You bet that makes you throw up."<snip>

Kennedy gave the speech during his campaign for presidency
because of concerns about his Catholic faith.
He assured the public, including concerned Protestant leaders,
that he would not be "the Catholic candidate for President [saying]
I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic."
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