FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1960
Is4ues 1960
Harshbarger Spurns
Religion as Issue
(This the seventh of a series—lssues 1960—0 n the stands of the presi
dential candidates with interpretations by University professors.)
Religion—particularly the Catholicism of Sen. John F.
Kennedy—has repeatedly arisen in the campaign of both
Democrats and Republicans as an issue.
• In a speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Associa-
lion on Sept. 12, Kennedy said: "
ignorance and despair know no:
religious barriers . . . they have any specific church which
been obscured .. , " would unduly influence the
Nixon, too, has repeatedly stat
ed that he does not intend to con
skier religion a topic of,debate in
the campaign.
But as the election draws
nearer. this question is perhaps
discussed more than ever: What
effect will religion have on the
voters?
"It will have no effP^t, at all,- dent, would have."
Dr. Luther H. Harshbarger, Uni- Harshbarger said two groups
versity chaplain, said. used this issue
it, the question in this campaign in the campaign political and
is not what religion the candidates economical conservatives wh o
follow, but what ecclesiastical af-
find this a convenient tool, and
filiaton they have." certain offshoot Protestant groups.
nations in the National Council
nedy because of two fears: one,
Nearly all Protestant denom-
Voters, Dr. Harshbarger said,
i
may refrain from voting for Ken -
of Churches have stated their
c
that the Roman Catholic Church condemnation of discrimination
has temporal power, and two, that against candidates for public
the Catholic church would violate office on the grounds of refl.
the separation of ;church and state gious affiliation.
as stated in the First Amendment Intelligent voters will assert
in the Constitution. their independence more by vot-
He said that the First Amend- ing for Kennedy as a Democrat
ment grew out of a different and Nixon as a Republican than
historical situation that we now as Kennedy as a Catholic and
have, and it was designed to Nixon as 'a Quaker, Harshbarger
prevent the establishment of ,;said, ,
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government.
"What mast people don't seem
to understand is that only the dog
ma' of the Catholic Church is bind-
ing in its members.. However, the
moral standards of the Church
can be followed only in con
science. This is the problem any
man, not , only a Catholic presi-
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Merrell Hits
Democratic
Proposals
The Democrats' new fron-
tier is a stagecoach program
which won't keep up with the
jet age in America. George
Merrell told the Young Re
publicans Club last night.
Merrell, state Young Republi
cans chairman and a University
alumus, urged his audience to
read the Democratic platform and
"think about what it would cost."
Merrell said the Democratic
platform made up from left
over nftils of the New and Fair
Deals" promises to do "more
and more, bigger and bigger with
no increase in taxes."
Demacratic nominee John F.
Kennedy forgets, Merrell said.
"that instant money hasn't been
invented yef."
Merrell also told the students
to think about what is said by the
other side and try to tell the facts.
"Kennedy says he is running on
his record." Merrell added. "Don't
let him escape that record."
Merrell discussed Kennedy's
foreign policy stands and "absen
teeism." He said Kennedy would
be "a part-time president." •
Sen. Lyndon Johnson. Ken
nedys' vice presidential running
mate, has just realized he is sup
posed to speak up, Merrell said.
He said the Kennedy-Johnson
team is "a shotgun marriage
aimed at a balance to get votes."
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