This is a blog post that discusses Rick Santorum's disgrace with JFK's 1960 speech in Houston. The author of this post, also a Catholic, paints an interesting portrait of what JFK's presidency meant to the Catholic population of the time. Very interesting to see two sides of that spectrum.
http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/the-view-from-bay-ridge-in-1960/?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120306
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These are clearly different Catholic perspectives. Santorum's statement that JKF's famous defense of the separation clause made him "feel like throwing up" is class Saint Rick. What he went on to say was scary: that separating religious liberty -- the alleged principle at stack in the controvery over contraception -- has undermined the "true intent" of the framers. He then goes on to say that surely the framers, as men of God (most were deists, not Christians), intended religious convictions to be brought into the public square. Translation: I'm worthy of holding the office of imam or ayatollah because that's what the framers intended. really?
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