So Sen. Eric Schmitt believes "Americans are the sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims." (" Lynn Schmidt: Eric Schmitt's 'pitchfork' patriotism misses America's point ," Sept. 12.) Many of us are not. Though I can trace my North American ancestry back to the 1600s, I'm not Christian. Others who came to these shores since the 1600s are not Christian and not white. What would Schmitt have us do to make us Americans, since our birthright seems insufficient to him? Convert to Christianity?

Schmitt and other white nationalists have clearly forgotten that their ancestors and mine were all immigrants, unless they are descended from indigenous peoples of this continent. Rather than pouring fuel on President Donald Trump's fire, Schmitt might try demonstrating some of the Christ-like beha

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