John F Kennedy

I BELIEVE IN AN AMERICA WHERE THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS ABSOLUTE, WHERE NO CATHOLIC PRELATE WOULD TELL THE PRESIDENT (SHOULD HE BE CATHOLIC) HOW TO ACT, AND NO PROTESTANT MINISTER WOULD TELL HIS PARISHIONERS FOR WHOM TO VOTE; WHERE NO PUBLIC OFFICIAL EITHER REQUESTS OR ACCEPTS INSTRUCTIONS ON PUBLIC POLICY FROM THE POPE, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OR ANY OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL SOURCE; WHERE NO RELIGIOUS BODY SEEKS TO IMPOSE ITS WILL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY UPON THE GENERAL POPULACE OR THE PUBLIC ACTS OF ITS OFFICIALS