Nothing Christian About 'Impurities'

Daniel [Younger],
    Your letter makes no sense whatsoever [“Postmarks,” Feb. 11]. If our founding fathers discarded the impurities in our American "melting pot,” where is the Christianity in that? Didn't Christ take care of the poor and downtrodden? And just who were those impurities? The Native Americans? The African slaves? The Chinese who built our railroads?
    If our founding fathers were such great Christians, why did they support killing all the Native Americans? (Oh yeah ... manifest destiny.) Why did they support slavery? (Oops, I forgot ... the Bible supports slavery.)
    If you are such a great Christian, Daniel, you have to ask yourself, "Who would Jesus discard?" But really, with a letter like yours, I don't think you concern yourself with questions like that.