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Religion and Politics in US History Religion and Politics in US History
Religion has long been a staple of American politics. At the national level presidents and candidates for the highest office have continually evoked religious themes,...

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John F. Kennedy on Religion and the Presidency

September 12, 1960
But let me stress again that these are my views—for, contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters—and the Church does not speak for me.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy ("JFK") was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1963. Kennedy was internationally-oriented, with major Cold War events such as the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the...