.i know it isn't dignified to run.

The Touro Synagogue was built
in 1763
in Rhode Island,
a state that was founded by people who
were thought
to be too radical
for the Massachusetts Bay Colony
(even though the Jews came over because they heard that those crazy Rhode Islanders were taking all sorts of people in the 1650s).

Moses Seixas, the head of the synagogue
wrote to George Washington
(my favorite president)
and this was part of the first president's response

The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

Pretty cool, right?
Especially because in 2010
France banned the wearing of burqas in public
(technically anything that covers the face but it was a direct reaction to the massive amount of Muslims coming to Europe)