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I don't think Obama did that bad as president. However, I think the main difference between he and Trump is that Obama wants America to be "one of the countries in the world community" while Trump wants America "to be great again". Obama was too far ahead of his time.
What Obama failed to see is that while most Muslims are just ordinary people trying to make a living for their families, the Koran speaks against separation of church and state. All muslims believe the state should be run by their religion.
All peope wanting to enter this country should be required to sign and oath indicating that they believe in separation of church and state.
Do you think all people entering the country should be required to sign an oath declaring that they believe in the separation of church and state?

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Grecio 7 June 16
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Should Muslim neighborhoods be broken up? I see videos of Americans traveling through these neighborhoods and being harassed to leave simply because they aren't Muslim faith. If they come over here and band together then they are not blending into our society.

Grecio Level 7 June 27, 2018
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Sounds like a great idea to me. That's progress in my eyes.

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Those people admitted to this country should take an oath to abide by the laws of this country. If they do not want to do that they should look elsewhere. Religion was to be separate from government and to have any who do not agree with this program enter this country would be a travesty

Marine Level 8 June 21, 2018
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People who become citizens pledge to uphold the Constitution which demands separation of & government. Tell that to the Southern Baptists, & the evangelicals. Those born here do not take an oath. Maybe they should. For you to say "All " of anything is prejudice. You are prejudging people by a & not their internal beliefs.

For a muslim to wish to practice shria law or the killing of another person to save family face is accepted by their religion and remains illegal in this country weather you take an oath or not. Those entering for the first time have no choice and if they take the oath they are bound to uphold it. If they will not take the oath they should not be admited as they do not believe in the basics of this country. For those who convert to muslim religion the same applies. If you violate the laws of the country you will be held to the letter of the law.All applies to every citizen because there isn't any special law for any individual it is for every citizen of this country.This is currently being tested in our community

Laws are open to interpretation via the Supreme Court. Life is not zero tolerance. Laws are unequally enforced. There is no absolute. And perhaps there should judicial discretion. Perhaps not. 3 strikes comes to mind. A disaster for some states & is now abolished. We are fluid & our system of law is meant to be. A "more perfect union" does not mean a perfect union. It does not exist or it would be utopia aka heaven & we don't adhere to that premice here.

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Regarding the statements in your first paragraph, I have no idea what our current White House occupant "wants," despite his campaign slogan.

I voted no

MikeEC Level 7 June 17, 2018
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On Sunday, it's 8 no, 3 yes, and the third answer has 0. Maybe not only Muslims, but everybody that is not a citizen of this country needs to promise (whatever that is worth) that they are willing to abide by the laws of this country and also to believe in separation of church and state.
I wonder if middle eastern looking tourists are investigated more closely by airport officials?
I think Islam is in general a religion of love and peace. If they could remove the idea of Jihad, that would help a good bit. But, they will never get away from the idea that a country should be ruled by religion. The more Muslims that enter this country, the more they will lull us all to sleep while they pull the rug out.

Grecio Level 7 June 17, 2018
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Not "All' Muslims want nutty conservative Imams calling the shots in society, just as all Christians don't want to be lorded over by Evangelical crackpots. You can see this for yourself in knowing that Iran was a westernized state before the Ayatollah came to power and did stuff like banned bowling, lol. As a teenager, I worked in a shoe factory with Iranians that had all fled that country saying ' that, that asshole banned bowling!" and 'i love Allah, but im not wearing a ffing burqua.'

You speak in generalities about people. You make ordinary people take the rap for what extremists do.

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I voted no, what would be sense of requiring an oath? Are they going to start their own political party and maybe win majorities in the House, Senate and SCOTUS, maybe even President? Then get 37 states (I think) to ratify a new amendment so the State can be run by religion. That would be , 'bend over and kiss your @$$ good bye' time.

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As long as all Americans living in the country have to sign one, too, no problem. If you choose it for only new immigrate clearly you do not believe in equality.

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We have no right to require any litmus test of people "entering" the country, beyond not breaking any of our laws.

We have every right to require that people becoming citizens of this country subscribe to certain things, and in fact, this is already covered by the US Constitution, which every new citizen must understand, accept, and live under.

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Here's why I voted 'no'. There are a lot of evangelical Christians who believe that the state should be run by the church. Do we run them down and get oaths?If the govenment makes a very strong statement that the US demands separation of church and state, I don't think more is necessary.

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I don't want to make people believe anything, thats facism! Simply upholding the first amendment of the constitution by law will do just fine.

Tejas Level 8 June 16, 2018
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