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Discrimination Against Catholics
Though Catholics have lived in America since its earliest days, they were discriminated against through much of America's history (as were most people outside the Northern European, Protestant majority). John F. Kennedy, a Roman Catholic, won the 1960 presidential election by an extremely small margin against Richard Nixon. Kennedy's religion was an issue that nearly cost him the election. Since that time, the world ecumenical movement that serves to unite Christians has caused further integration of Roman Catholics into the American mainstream. It helps too that John F. Kennedy was to become something of a mythical hero figure to all Americans after his assassination in 1963, thus softening the views of many Protestants toward Roman Catholics. Next Section: Eastern Christians Religion in America: Chapter Home
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