Annie
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See here's the thing, we're contemplating black, female, were Morman, have Jewish, have had all denominations of Prostestants, theists, daoists, probable agnositics. Now do your really wish to start on ethnicity? Give me a break Diuretic, I know you want inclusion everywhere and see equivalency at all junctions, assuming US coming up short, but not with this straw.We're all nations of immigrants, unless we live in the Rift Valley. But that aside, it's nativism.
I don't know how many founding fathers were born in the British Isles but I'd guess one or two. I would think many more would have been born in the American colonies but in the nature of the first generation born on the new soil they probably felt the strong need to reject the parental nation (and given what it was like in the 18th Century I can't blame them!).
I'm not condemning them Kathianne, their patriotism is natural. They wanted their presidents to be be born on American soil. But perhaps it's time for a relaxation? After all even the Brits found it far preferable to have protestant monarchs from Germany and Holland rather than British-born Catholics.
I'm just looking at my watch...any minute now.......