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Originally posted by benVFR
Question for the Republicans who are up on history...
AFAIK Kennedy was the only non-protestant christian president?
Has the GOP ever even nominated someone who wasn't a protestant?
A Catholic seems much easier for most of the country to accept as a president than a Mormon, Jew, Muslim, etc.. At least Catholics and Protestants are just slightly different versions of the same thing. |
Not a repub, but GWB is a methodist, so were were William McKinley (1897-1901) (Republican) and Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881) (Also a Repuplican). GB Senior was an Episcopalian, off the top of my head anyhow...
Oh, just found this link in the bookmarks:
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclop...s-affiliations
Seems the religious diversity among the christian faiths is pretty great. All christian though.