/internal/media/dispatcher/40196/full"The 'Religious Issue'" brochure from the 1960 presidential campaign
196014 × 8 1/2 in. (35.6 × 21.6 cm)PaperThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection2012.058.00020Brochure, presidential campaign, "The Religious Issue," 11 copies- six copies are on yellow-colored paper, one copy on light-blue colored paper, and four copies on blue-green colored paper, published by the Texas Democratic Campaign, 1960.
On front at top is title "'The Religious Issue.'" The content of the brochure numerically lists eleven topics with roman numerals. The following eight topics are listed on the front side.
I. Separation of Church and State
II. Aid to Parochial Schools
III. Ambassador to the Vatican
IV. Birth Control
V. Religious Functions
VI. Religious Freedoms
VII. Church Pressures
VIII. K of C Oath
On the back side there are three topics listed:
IX. Mental Reservations (with two headings "THE LIE" and "THE TRUTH"
X. Oath of Office
XI. Guarantee of Freedom
At bottom of page reads "TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS/Littlefield Building, Austin, Texas."
Condition- All 15 copies have three creases from being folded. One yellow-colored paper copy has a round dark hardened piece at top of page. The four blue-green copies have discolored upper left edge and have a slight vertical crease.(PP 09/09/2014).Documents6629821.590043180135.560071120142283Document0E-10"The 'Religious Issue'" brochure published by the Texas Democratic Campaign, 1960.
The brochure addresses eleven points related to Senator John F. Kennedy's Catholic faith. The points are:
I. Separation of Church and State
II. Aid to Parochial Schools
III. Ambassador to the Vatican
IV. Birth Control
V. Religious Functions
VI. Religious Freedoms
VII. Church Pressures
VIII. K of C Oath
IX. Mental Reservations (with two headings "THE LIE" and "THE TRUTH"
X. Oath of Office
XI. Guarantee of Freedom
Credit appears at the bottom of the page: "TEXAS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS/Littlefield Building, Austin, Texas."Religion1960 presidential electionCatholicismVaticanKennedy, John F.Austin