[Sacajaweau]

I went to a prestigious Catholic Girl's school. I was in my senior year where it was explained to me that Catholics were obligated to vote for Kennedy because he was Catholic and would therefore be the optimum candidate. We donned our hats and were whisked off to the rally.

I bravely fought the concept in class and asked about qualifications etc....and I spent a week in detention.

When I told my mom and dad, mom left the room and dad filled me in on John "A" and Joe the runner...I never did vote for him or any other Kennedy.

[Mach9]

We got some of that, too, with an odd difference. Most of the nuns were violently proKennedy, while nearly all the brothers and priests were against him (but not necessarily proNixon). Not that it mattered to us kids because our parents were staunch Taft/Joe McCarthyites.

The real irony of all this, tho, is that JFK wasn’t about to let ANY or NO religion intrude on his behavior.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Detention in college?