[Campion]

JFK did it by getting up in front of Protestants and saying flat out that his Catholic faith would have nothing to do with how he governed.

(Kennedys have evidently been able to do that for some time.)

I hope Jindal can't, and won't, say that.

The traditional nativist slam on Catholics is that their real loyalty is to a foreign power. (The Vatican is of course a grave threat to US interests; why, it's almost big enough to walk a large dog. ;-))

(This comes straight out of the Reformation-era polemic in England; look up Regnans in excelsis and the English response to it, Guy Fawkes Day, etc.)

Kennedy defused that by throwing his faith under the bus. If Jindal is half the man I think he is, his Catholicism is a non-negotiable part of who he is ... as mine is of me.

If you're looking for a man of integrity and strong Christian convictions, with Catholicism being an inextricable part of both, then I hope we can unite behind Governor Jindal.

[Pyro7480]

Also, the key difference between JFK and Jindal is that Kennedy was born into Catholicism, and Irish-American Catholicism at that. On the other hand, Jindal chose Catholicism and converted.

[Marysecretary]

I would be privileged to vote for a man of his character and integrity, Catholic or not.