But it would be a land that would be open to people who were fleeing
authoritarianism, who were trying to get away from repressive regimes,
and kings, and monarchs, and princes, and tyrants, and dictators, and
despots everywhere. That was the idea behind America. Well, then in this Presidential campaign, then candidate Donald Trump
said that he wanted to impose a Muslim ban, a ban on Muslims coming to
America, which would cause our forefathers and foremothers to turn over
in their graves to hear that somebody running for President of the
United States wanted to impose a ban on the immigration of people based
on their religious faith, in a country that was designed on the
principle of free exercise of religion, designed on the principle of no
establishment of religion, designed on the principle of no religious
tests for public office or political participation that suddenly we
would say we are not going to accept people--in the 21st century--based
on their religious heritage. And of course, anybody can make up their religion anyway. Anybody can
say what they are.
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