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JFK Speech to the Houston Ministers

Brian K. Noe · February 28, 2012 ·

On September 12th, 1960, Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy addressed a group of Protestant ministers at the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas. Many Protestants in the United States (particularly in the South) had expressed concern that a Roman Catholic President would be a mere puppet of the Vatican. Senator Kennedy went into the lions’ den to address the issue directly.

Here is a short excerpt.

I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end – where all men and all churches are treated as equal – where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice – where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind – and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.

That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe – a great office that must neither be humbled by making it the instrument of any one religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding its occupancy from the members of any one religious group. I believe in a President whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

This speech is getting some attention once again in the 2012 Presidential campaign, as Republican contender Rick Santorum (also a Catholic) has condemned the sentiment in some very strong terms.

Thank you, Rick, but I hold with JFK.

You can watch a video of the entire speech at the following link.

Address of Senator John F. Kennedy to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, September 12, 1960. [John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum]

Filed Under: Curated Links, Video Tagged With: America, Catholic, Faith, History, Nostalgia, Politics

A Frank Loesser Favorite

Brian K. Noe · December 30, 2011 ·

Apropos of the season, here’s one of my favorite Loesser songs, rendered by Joey and Zooey.

Happy New Year!

Filed Under: Music, Video Tagged With: Holidays, Nostalgia

Merry Christmas from the Man Who Never Died

Brian K. Noe · December 25, 2011 ·

Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas “and then some” from my Fellow Worker Joe Hill.

May your celebration be as joyous as the one he depicted!

Photo of watercolor and ink postcard created by Joe Hill is courtesy of of the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Filed Under: Other Content Tagged With: America, History, Holidays, IWW, Nostalgia, Union, Wobblies

Happy Thanksgiving

Brian K. Noe · November 23, 2011 ·

This brings you best wishes on Thanksgiving with a couple of favorite old radio segments from The Internet Archive.

From a 1951 CBS Radio Broadcast of Life With Luigi, it’s Luigi’s Thanksgiving Dinner for America. Also, from Armed Forces Radio Service, it’s the 1944 Thanksgiving special on Command Performance.

Life With Luigi starred J. Carrol Naish as “the little immigrant” Luigi Basco. Each episode was framed as a letter from his new home in Chicago back to his mama in Italy. The program aired on CBS Radio in the late 40s and early 50s until the move to television in 1952. In this episode, Luigi makes plans to invite all of America to his house for the Thanksgiving celebration. Originally broadcast on November 22, 1949, click here for the MP3.

The episode of Command Performance was broadcast to U.S. troops serving in WW II during Thanksgiving of 1944. Lionel Barrymore hosts, Dinah Shore sings and there’s a Baby Snooks sketch with Fanny Brice. The program also features the orchestra of Percy Faith. Click here for that MP3 download.

Also, as we enjoy the comfort of our homes, the company of our families and a festive meal this holiday, let’s not forget those who are unable to do so. I would encourage donations to the USO and to Catholic Charities.

God bless you and your family this Thanksgiving!

Links

Life With Luigi

Command Performance

FDR’s 1944 Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Filed Under: Podcasting Tagged With: America, Holidays, Nostalgia, OTR, Radio

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