"Both Republican front-runners, then, have missed the importance of Kennedy’s landmark speech. Contrary to Santorum’s confused reading, Kennedy never said that 'only people of non-faith' (whatever that may be) can participate in public or political life—a statement that would have been absurd given his own convictions. Unlike Romney, Kennedy never felt any need to brandish his churchly credentials as proof of his morality, because, as he suggested in the speech, he understood that in a democracy, policy positions have to be secular in nature. His remarks are worth revisiting."
David Greenberg in Slate defends John F. Kennedy from Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney.
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