Posted on 06/02/2018 9:40:30 AM PDT by GonzoII
Washington D.C., May 29, 2018 / 04:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The U.S. government will host its first-ever Ministerial Meeting to Advance Religious Freedom this summer, newly-confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced May 29.
“Religious freedom was vital to America’s beginning. Defending it is critical to our future,” Pompeo said at the announcement, which coincided with the release of the State Department’s annual report on the state of international religious freedom in 200 countries and territories.
“Our Founders understood religious freedom not as the state’s creation, but as the gift of God to every person and a fundamental right for a flourishing society. We’re committed to promoting religious freedom around the world, both now and in the future,” he continued.
The ministerial meeting of government and religious leaders, rights advocates, and civil society leaders will take place in Washington on July 25-26. It will be the first ministerial that Pompeo will host as Secretary of State, which he said is “very intentional.”
Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback also spoke at the State Department’s report release on May 29.
“For far too many, the state of religious freedom is dire,” said Ambassador Brownback, who highlighted religious freedom violations in China, Burma, Turkey, Eritrea, Tajikistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Pakistan that are documented in detail in the State Department report.
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Just wow.
Trump’ Fault!
This ought to twist legions of liberal panties.
I hope he is prepared to push back hard on the inevitable pro-mooselimb and anti-religious block that will show up and pretend to be all open and encouraging of religion. Don’t let Christianity get pushed to the back of the bus and then shoved out the back door.
Christ has a way that is beyond man
Careful with that. Islam is currently categorized as a religion. If Muslims are free to practice their faith as instructed by the Qur’an, they must be allowed to convert us Infidels by the sword, or to subjugate and enslave those of us useful to them. And their women become mere property, at their disposal for whatever abuse the Muslim chooses.
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