In reply to James Barleycorn.

This is not true. You must consider the number of people, their percentage of the population. If you were simply saying those who most recently came to our shores, maybe Muslims are the most recent arrivals. Then you could say that once it was the same for Catholics and also for Jews. Believe it or not only about 2% of Americans are Jewish. We already have more Muslims and waaaaaay more Catholics. I hope we are past the times when Catholics schools were necessary or when Jewish hospitals had to built. When the first boat load of Jews arrived at our harbor, the governor of New Amsterdam wanted to turn them away. He wrote the Dutch East India company stating this and was rebuffed, told essentially that they envisioned a place for trade. Religion had nothing to do with it. All are welcome who wish to participate in our envisioned thriving trading town. People come here to worship as they please or not to worship at all. All they need do is share in our far widened vision of the USA. Recently there was an event after which people were heard saying, Oh it just wasn’t white enough. I look at our youth and see a generation seemingly blind to skin color, all hanging out together. Peer groups united by shared interests. That’s the world we are still going for.