JFK - Tolerance
by Richard Reeve
Title
JFK - Tolerance
Artist
Richard Reeve
Medium
Photograph - Graphic Art
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JFK - Tolerance - Richard Reeve
On Sept. 12th, 1960, then Senator Kennedy gave his famous speech in defense of his Catholic faith, stating why he was a suitable candidate for President of the United States, and defending the US Constitutional First Amendment and the guarantee of religious liberty for all Americans.
It is a significant speech, well worth of ten minutes of your time. Sadly, it still as relevant today it was over 50 years go when JFK made it.
Excerpt:
"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 church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference; and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.
I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; 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; and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all."
My word cloud is but a small tribute to JFK's delivery...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16920600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SsVpkh5yvE
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Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Congratulations for your 9-25-15 feature on the homepage of Greeting Cards For All Occasions!
Meg Shearer
Great words Richard. And I really like what you've done with the color. L/F!
Richard Reeve replied:
Thank you, Meg. After playing around with various color schemes for quite some time, this just seemed to be the most appropriate...