The Constitution, Catholicism And John Kennedy
Decisions of the Supreme Court in recent years prove that for all practical purposes the Constitution of the United States means what the Court says it means. Anything is constitutional that the Court says is constitutional; everything is unconstitutional that the Court says is unconstitutional.
If the Supreme Court declares the union of Church and State or a State supported Church is constitutional, then it is constitutional. If the Court decides that all other religious organizations are rivals of the State Church, and therefore illegal and detrimental to the State institutions, then they can be destroyed by law. How can any person who knows the history of the Roman Hierarchy doubt that such would happen, if a majority of the members of the Supreme Court were devout Catholics.
John Kennedy and all other devout Catholics believe that the Roman Pontiff is infallible when he speaks ex cathedra, or in his official capacity. Mr. Kennedy says that if he were elected, he would resign from the Presidency rather than do anything he believes to be wrong. Well, that means he would resign before he would do anything contrary to the orders of the Roman Hierarchy. He believes the pontiff is infallible; therefore he believes that everything the pontiff says is right, when speaking in his official capacity. If the hierarchy orders Mr. Kennedy to appoint Catholics to all Supreme Court vacancies, he believes it would be sinful and wrong for him to refuse to do so.
Faithful and loyal members of the church of Christ believe that the sacred writings, the scriptures, are infallible. The Bible is our standard of righteousness. We believe everything it teaches us to do MUST be done, and that everything contrary to the teaching of the Bible is wrong and sinful. Mr. Kennedy believes that the declarations of the so-called pope are infallible. Ex cathedra pronouncements of the hierarchy are his standard of righteousness. Even if he wanted to resign from any office he may hold, he believes it would be sinful and wrong for him to do so, if the hierarchy ordered him not to do so.
To say that the people of the United States would make a mistake to elect to the Presidency John Kennedy or any other man who has vowed allegiance to a foreign dictator in Vatican Rome is to express it very mildly indeed.