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Alice,

Whether one is a Catholic, or a Christian of any denomination, or a person of whatever religion, they should not be ashamed to say that they are exactly that.  I believe that the Constitution allows for that.

I do remember, although I was very young at the time, how people expressed concerns about how Kennedy would be influenced by the Pope and how our Country would be run by the Vatican.  Even as a young child, these concerns and this concept seemed absurd to me.

Nonetheless, Kennedy did need to address them and, obviously, he did.

Did this concern and his response heard in this famous speech set the Country on the wrong path?  I do not know.

However, I do believe that Kennedy was untrue to himself and not representative of the average person.

If there is a conflict between the laws of ones country and the teachings of ones religion, then which of the two should that person follow?

A true believer of a given religion would follow the teachings of his religion, or God, versus the laws of his country, or man.

Since from the founding of our Country and well into the 20th century the leaders were of a Christian background, there generally was not a conflict.

In the modern day, our Country has become heavily influenced by liberal thinking, which wants to isolate religion as much as possible from government.

Certainly, there is an uproar about this, because the majority of the Country is still Christian, which makes it look like the efforts of the liberals are actually an attack on Christians.

I believe that these liberals are trying to more closely adhere to the constitution, rather than to actually attack the Christians.

However, I further believe that the extreme liberals, also, do not believe in any God, and hence tend to have a disdain for Christians.

I count Barack Obama among the extreme liberals and, while he states that he is a Christian, I do not believe that this elitist thinker believes for one second that there is a God.

Although, I know that I have not cleared things up about this issue, I hope that I have put some sort of perspective upon it.