Kennedy aide: Romney's views on religion very different from JFK's
December 6th, 2007
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Ted Sorensen helped draft Kennedy's 1960 speech on Roman Catholicism
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- During the 1960 presidential election, Theodore Sorensen helped then-Sen. John F. Kennedy draft a speech addressing Kennedy's Catholicism and the separation between church and state. At the time, many questioned whether Kennedy, who would go on to become the nation's first Roman Catholic president, would be influenced by the Catholic church.
Theodore Sorensen helped write John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech on Catholicism.
Speaking to CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider, Sorensen discussed Kennedy's famous 1960 speech and compared it to the speech on faith in politics delivered Thursday by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who would be the first Mormon in the White House if he is elected.
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