You must not have lived in the mid west or the south. Catholics were considered members of that PAPIST group centered in ROME. They were sure that Kennedy would sell out US interests to the interests of Rome. This was written about and talked about rather routinely. Protestants and Roman Catholics have a history of...ahem....disagreeing on theology. Trust me it was not pretty
Why? What promises did Kennedy ever make that comes even close to the chart in post #3...last row...column on the right? ... THE vow that Romney has promised to the Mormon church)
Southern California, and no one cared Kennedy was Catholic, they just talked about the philandering.