"I'm glad the founders of our nation were made of sterner stuff than you."
It is quite possible that they would have used stricter, or even different language had they ever realized Islam would actually take root here.
I'd love to call up the ghost of Jefferson and listen to any new thoughts he might have on the subject.
Now there are those, some of whom are on this thread, who would throw away all the sacrifices that have preserved our freedom simply because their fear outweighs their love of liberty. I don't want them to prevail.
And while I am normally hesitant to quote-mine to prove a point, you *did* bring up the question of what Thomas Jefferson would have thought about the situation:
Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting "Jesus Christ," so that it would read "A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination.
-Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, in reference to the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom