re: #69 Decatur Deb

In the ancient times, esp. the run-up to the JFK campaign, “Separation” was a passionate Protestant GOP mantra. The Catholic school system was seen as a shovel-ready institution hungry to scoop up Federal dollars. The group “Americans United”, which now fights off the religious right, started as “Protestants and Others United for the Separation of Church and State”.

Funny how times change. And of course the paranoia about JFK’s catholicism and before him Al Smith’s was craziness.