@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:
Unfortunately, the United Staes government does; and, with a very few exceptions, has done since 1947--when Truman had a tough campaign for re-election ahead of him.
That must be because this is a majority Protestant nation. Six million Jews do not swing an election.
I say "Protestant," since Catholicism always considered Jews and Judaism "expendable" now that the world has Jesus Christ. Now that is not a bigoted statement, just the God's honest truth, before John XXlll, and for most people of the Catholic faith even after, in my opinion. Oh, some might want Jews to just assimilate, so whatever their genome has that makes them bright (or have longevity) be incorporated into the general gene pool, but to remain separate is not appreciated, again in my opinion.