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What does religion mean to presidents? That\u2019s what presidential historian, Michael Beschloss, tries to discern in this article for the Washington Post\u2019s On Faith\u00a0section.<\/a><\/p>\n

For some presidents, politics compels religion. Lyndon Johnson, for example, \u201cflaunted his Protestant affiliation (Disciples of Christ) in order to attract voters to the Kennedy-Johnson ticket who were uneasy about JFK\u2019s Catholicism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beschloss notes that Ronald Reagan \u201ccourted evangelical Christians, but had so little in common with them that he did not bother to go to Sunday church himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"