Who said it?

[wyldwolf]

I recognize no power in the institutions of my church to interfere with the operations of the Constitution of the United States or the enforcement of the law of the land. I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and in equality of all churches, all sects, and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and not as a matter of favor. I believe in the absolute separation of church and state.

[Jack Rabbit]

1. Al Smith

I cheated. I looked it up.

[wyldwolf]

3. yep! GOP nominee for President, 1932

[Jack Rabbit]

4. GOP nominee? 1932?

Excuse me.

Democratic nominee, 1928.

[hippywife]

6. Yep, Dem.

If I'm not mistaken he was thrown over at the convention for FDR.

I was reading an interesting chapter of Profiles in Courage about George Norris, R-NE supporting him instead of Hoover and taking the flack for it. It was interesting to see that prohibition was the wedge issue of their day. It all sounded so much like today with the exception of the different wedge issue, altho it was also being fought on "moral" grounds.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Smith's religion was also a wedge issue

Smith was the first Roman Catholic to win a major party presidential nomination. As a Democrat, he failed to carry even the "solid South", no doubt because of his faith and his wet position on Prohibition.

Smith promoted FDR's candidacy in 1932.

[hippywife]

9. That, too.

Thanks for the reminder. :)

[wyldwolf]

10. Doh! Yer right!

[Arkana]

7. Exactly. Al was also a Catholic--something that scared Americans.

Hoover stomped him in 1928, unfortunately.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. John Adams?

He was a Unitarian. Don't think Jefferson was a memeber of a specific church-he called himself a "deist".

[A Simple Game]

5. JFK when running for president regarding his being a Catholic.