Douglas Alexander: “One of the most remarkable aspects about America is we have a country that is filled with people from everywhere. If one…”

“One of the most remarkable aspects about America is we have a country that is filled with people from everywhere. If one goes to a naturalization ceremony in any Federal court in America and looks at the men and women coming into our country from everywhere, one will see the variety and diversity of our country. We know how to do that. Our country is distinguished because despite our diversity, we do not have religious wars in our country. We respect everybody's right. The greatest aspect of our country is not all that diversity; it is the fact we figured out how to turn all that diversity into one country. Federal judges need to know we have two principles running through this country: We have the Pilgrims who arrived here and saw the shining city on the hill, and we have the great diversity where we are more religious virtually than any country, but we separate church and state. When the chaplain starts every day here with a prayer, he is not establishing a church in the United States of America; he is recognizing the religious nature of our country, and judges should know that.”