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they did believe in the separation of religion and government. That was because where a lot came from, the government hid behind religion to do horrible things to their enemy. Northern Ireland is a prime example. Which ever group was in power, Catholic or Protestant, did horrible things to each other, depending who was in control at the time. At one point they would try to make the other take the oath of their religion. If they did not, they poured hot boiling oil on the head of the other. These people would loose an eye, or be horribly disfigures in the process. Children were killed in front of parents.

The founding fathers felt lets cut the BS and work together for the betterment of all, no matter what the religion.

What the original person was talking about is all this multi cultural diversification. I agree with what they said.

People came here and dropped the foreign language and customs. Many children, say Italians, were not allowed to speak their language by their parents. They wanted the kids to fit in. They came here for a new start and not, to make the US conform to them. The founding fathers voted for, and got, one language for all. They were sharp enough to realize this diversifition wasn't going to cut it.

The writer may be off base about his religious statements, but he is DEAD right on the other. Immigrants into this country should assimilate. They need to learn the language and don't expect everyone else to learn theirs. Their culture can be retained just not thrust upon everyone else. I'm sure those immigrants that came though Ellis Island didn't come here expecting to change America's culture to that of their native countries, however, they held on to the things that mattered to them. All we are asking is for them to quit trying to force us to assimilate to them.

At an Obama town hall group recently in Atlanta, citizens expresed concerns about the latino population and their unwillingness to learn english. Obama's reply,"well, you and your children need to learn to speak spanish".

Typical of the Liberal Left!

I don't know why there are people who assume that immigrants expect everyone else have to learn their language and change America's culture to that of their native countries. Maybe the person who wrote that article had a bad experience with an immigrant who was forcing him or other people to assimilate his culture. This is something that I believe is specific to a small quantity of immigrants. The majority of them come to this country with the goal of learning English, finding a job and a better life. I apologize to those who think that we want you to adopt our culture. In fact, in my four years of living in this wonderful country, I never heard anybody say that Americans should learn Spanish. The proof of what I'm saying is that English classes around the country are full of students learning English. In Peachtree City, there is a large number of foreign students learning English; by theway, learning another language is good for your resume and, as some studies had showed, learning another language may help prevent Alzheimer's.

As an immigrant, I just give thanks to this country for all the opportunities and wonderful people that I have been meeting here, and I will try to do the best in order to change the bad image that some people have about immigrants. My grandfather, a United States citizen, was an immigrant in my country of origin. He did good things for my country; all of the people who met him blessed the Americans because of him. In order to follow my grandfather's example, I want to do as many good things for this country as I can in order to show that immigrants with ideas of progress and work are a positive force for this wonderful country. We can bless both this country and also our country of origin.

I don't know. I didn't hear him. I wasn't in Atlanta. However, I do know that Obama argues that children should stay in school, apply themselves to get the best possible education and that it would be better for them to be able to speak more than one language. Without getting into an argument about it, I think he's right, and I suspect he meant no more than that in Atlanta. Personally, I think that if I went anywhere else to live I would have the obligation to learn the local language. I don't understand why some people resist learning the local language. 60 years ago, when I was a kid, there were French and Polish Catholic churches as well as German Lutheran churches that spoke in their native language. While the immigrants struggled with English, their kids just learned it. I suspect that will be true of the Spanish as well. I do think there is a certain charm to local "national" festivals. Over the course of my life, many of them are no longer held, and I think the country is poorer for it.