Priest tells lawmakers not to emulate JFK

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DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A Roman Catholic priest caused a stir on the House floor Tuesday when he urged lawmakers to let religious faith guide their votes and "be the antithesis of John Kennedy."

While delivering the chamber's morning prayer, the Rev. Bill Carmody said too many politicians have followed the example of the nation's first Catholic president by pledging to separate their faith from politics.

"Almighty God, please change and convert the hearts of all the representatives in this House. May they be the antithesis of John Kennedy, may they be women and men of God, and may their faith influence and guide every vote they make," he said.

Rep. Alice Madden, a Democrat, took the floor to denounce the prayer, saying it was an unfair attack on the Democratic president.In an interview, Madden said Kennedy had made his decision to separate his faith and his politics in the midst of anti-Catholic bigotry.
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More:http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/13/prayer.ruckus.ap/index.html

Re: Bigotry. Don't suppose it's got anything to do with the massive abuse scandals the Church is paying out on in the US (and Europe, and Asia and Australia etc)...or the forthcoming Frankel law suit where the Cathcolic Church is being sued for $700 million...

JFK was not afraid to take on the corrupt criminals masquerading under the mantle of religion. There is still plenty of unfinished business left over from this era of the Cold War, including the forthcoming murder trial of God's Banker Roberto Calvi.

No wonder some are getting nervous....

of faith are not what JC wished for;theocracies never work, except to repress the so-called heretics who do not follow the so-called mainstream.

Sheesh

Ahkenaton's shrines and cities were desecrated.
The Crusades are still celebrated by the "faithful."
The Inquisition is around the corner for the sake of our "CULTURE," write, "NUKE them ragheads."
If the Jews don't wise up, they'll be "LEFT BEHIND."
The killers kill for God, here and abroad.
GOTT MIT UNS.

"Do you believe in God?"
"No."
BANG! DEAD.

"Do you believe in God?"
"Yes."
"Do you believe in MY God?"
"No."
BANG! DEAD.

My God has a bigger dick than your God. (Thank you, George Carlin).

PS ON EDIT:
And we all know where to direct our "PASSION," don't we?

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS, MARCHING AS TO WAR!
ALLAH AKBAR!
SMITE THE GENTILE!
DESTROY THE INFIDEL!
20,000 ANGELS PRECEDE US INTO BATTLE!

Surely the answer to that would settle the debate as far as Christians are concerned, I guess.

He was of the line of David, and therefore pretender to the throne occupied by a Hebrew collaborator in occupied Judea.

The real problem is that he wasn't a Christian, but a practising Jew. It was Saul of Tarsus who politicised him as an icon of the new Roman agenda of assilimation by stealth...