[The Hon. Galahad Threepwood]

"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 . . ."

Of course, Hennedy took his Catholicism about as seriously as he took his marriage vows.

I'm not a Catholic, but I prefer Hillaire Belloc's statement to the mainly Protestant electorate of his constituency when he ran for Parliament:

"Gentlemen, I am a Catholic. As far as possible I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible I kneel down and tell these beads every day. If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative."

Belloc won the election without debasing himself before bigots.

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I'm not Catholic, but I would have voted for Belloc in a heartbeat. We need more people like him in office.