Slander From Santorum: Former Senator Once Again Proves That He’s No Jack Kennedy

Source: The Wall of Separation
March 16th, 2011
By Rob Boston.

We’ve criticized former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum on this blog before for his poor understanding of church-state separation.

Santorum believes President John F. Kennedy was wrong when, in a famous 1960 speech, Kennedy vowed to be the president of all people and make his policy decisions not on the basis of what his Roman Catholic faith demanded but on the grounds of what was good for the country.

Here in part is what Kennedy said in his Sept. 12, 1960, address in Houston: (JFK's most excellent quotation follows in the article; recommended reading for everyone).

LINK: http://blog.au.org/2011/03/16/slander-from-santorum-former-senator-once-again-proves-that-he’s-no-jack-kennedy/
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JFK's quotes (in the article) have always inspired me, and bolstered my belief that Church/State separation, while not only Constitutionally correct, is absolutely possible for those who have an honest commitment to it.

I also like Boston's comment re: Santorum: "No thanks, Rick. We know all about the theocracies you admire so much. They don’t work because they crush human freedom. We found a better way: separation of church and state. Supporting that good old American concept is hardly 'radical.' In fact, I’d say the real radicals are the ones who want to tear it down."

Edit for grammar: :dunce:

It is what they think that religion tells them to do.

And that is interpretation. And about the person and what they find in something.

"Nobody can take you any way you don't already know how to go"


To many people 'use' the name of some belief to justify what they want to do, even if it has nothing to do with the teachings.

Indeed. And many Christians honestly believe that God will punish America for not legislating a "Christian Nation;" that belief has long roots in the history of Christianity in America, especially with the rise of fundamentalism toward the end of the 19th century.

But these are theological interpretations, and they have no place influencing secular government or law; hence, the absolute wisdom of the drafters of the Constitution (especially Madison) in their stance on keeping religion and state in separate spheres.

As Rob Boston noted in the article: "...theocracies...don’t work because they crush human freedom. We found a better way: separation of church and state. Supporting that good old American concept is hardly 'radical.' In fact, I’d say the real radicals are the ones who want to tear it down."

Edit: added some commentary...and spelling. :dunce:

Santorum is all about mixing things that are better kept separate.