# Interfaith Alliance Chief Urges Mitt Romney to Give a 'JFK Speech' October 11, 2007 Author: Lisa Riley Roche Source: Deseret Morning News GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is going to have to confront the confusion surrounding his Mormon faith at some point during the campaign, the head of the Washington, D.C.-based Interfaith Alliance said Wednesday. "There is a lot of misunderstanding, there are myths, there are misperceptions about the Mormon faith," the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, pastor of a Baptist church in Louisiana, said during a teleconference on the role of religion in the 2008 presidential election. The Rev. Gaddy said Romney likely will have to give a speech similar to one given to Southern Baptist leaders in 1960 by then-Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to address concerns raised about the control the Catholic Church might hold over him. See also:- [ Advocacy/Government ](/news-stories/advocacygovernment) - [ Elections/Voting ](/news-stories/electionsvoting) - [ Pluralism Project ](/news-stories/pluralism-project) - [ Diana Eck ](/news-stories/diana-eck) - [ Christianity ](/religions/christianity) - [ Civic ](/tags/civic) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)