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...about half the hands went up. I then asked those who had raised their hands how many would be prepared to tell their dormmates of their preference. A small number of hands were raised. In the language of the day, it is "politically incorrect" to insist on marrying a co-religionist. It is, however, perfectly correct to do so if it just happens that way. However, it will "just happen" that way with ever decreasing frequency...

Author: By Alan M. Dershowitz, | Title: Surviving in a P.C. World | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...Pennsylvania Democrats gave Jack Kennedy a handsome 173,000 write-in votes, three times the combined totals of all other candidates. But Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor David Lawrence, a Roman Catholic who doubts Co-Religionist Kennedy's chances, pooh-poohed the performance, kept a tight rein on the state's 81 convention votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Who's for Whom | 5/9/1960 | See Source »

...white co-religionist reserved a room together at the Stevens. The friend arrived and claimed the room. When Mr. Downs asked for his key "pandemonium broke out." Many excuses were offered, but the stock excuse, "all rooms occupied," could not be made. Finally another was found. Maids and hall boys hastily removed the twin beds from the room and replaced them with a double bed, and Mr. Downs was told "two persons cannot sleep in the same bed unless they are married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Made Good | 3/21/1938 | See Source »

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