text: "Religious discrimination existed in the 19th century, but it was not part of our official immigration policy. And it has no place in our immigration policy today — either explicitly or implicitly."
  
  Agreed.  But, really, do you think Trump is enough of a religionist to give a tinker's damm about the religion of those he seeks to temporarily exclude?  Which is more likely?  That Trump is such a rabid Christian that he refuses to have Muslims come here?  Or that religion has nothing to do with the temporary exclusion, and that Trump's true concern is that those from certain Muslim countries known to harbor terrorists not be admitted without added assurance that they will not harm us?  If religion were the basis of exclusion, why make it merely temporary?  And why only for some Muslim countries where terrorism runs high?  
  
  Finally, it's to be hoped that NCR's readers understand the difference between 
  
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