1-4 INTRODUCTION
1 Greeting
2-3 The real issues of the 1960 campaign are not religious issues.
4 But since the real issues have been obscured by the so-called religious issue, it is nessary for Kennedy to address the matter.
5-22 BODY
5-13 The kind of America in which Kennedy believes
5-8 Kennedy believes in an America of religious freedom and tolerance.
5 Kennedy believes in absolute separation of church and state.
6-7 Kennedy believes that religions should not dictate political policy and politics should not interfere with religion.
8 Kennedy believes in religious tolerance.
9-11 Kennedy believes in an American President who is not limited by any religion.
9 Kennedy believes the Presidency should not be controlled by any religion and that the religion of the President should be a private matter.
10 Kennedy believes the President should not subvert the Constitutional freedom of religion and that religion should not subvert the Constitutional freedom from a religious test for public office.
11 Kennedy believes in a President who is responsible to all, but not limited by any religious oath, ritual, or obligation.
12-13 Americans have fought and died to establish and maintain the America in which Kennedy believes.
12 Kennedy fought and his brother died for the freedoms Kennedy envisions in America.
13 The American forefathers came to America, fought, and many died to obtain the freedoms Kennedy envisions in America.
13 The heroes of the Alamo fought and died for the same freedoms and in that fight their religion was irrelevant.
14-21 Kennedy should be judged on his political views, not his religious beliefs.
14-15 Kennedy should be judged on his legislative record where religion is concerned, not on pamphlets and publications that distort the religious issue and which are not applicable to Kennedy anyway.
15-16 Kennedy states his opposition to religious intolerance everywhere, particularly as it might preclude a person of any religion from political leadership.
17-20 Kennedy's being Catholic is separate from his political views, but should a conflict arise between political necessity and his conscience or the national interest, then he would resign.
21 Kennedy will not withdraw his political views or his religious beliefs to win an election and, if he loses on the real issues, he will feel fairly judged.
22-23 CONCLUSION
22 If Kennedy loses the election because he is Catholic, the nation loses.
23 If Kennedy wins the election (on the real issues), he will fulfill his Presidential oath, just as he has fulfilled his Congressional oath.