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McCain Speaks Out On International Religious Freedom

By Howard M. Friedman

Yesterday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on "his vision for defending the freedom and dignity of the world's vulnerable." In his speech (full text) he had this to say about religious freedom:

There is no right more fundamental to a free society than the free practice of religion. Behind walls of prisons and persecuted before our very eyes in places like China, Iran, Burma, Sudan, North Korea and Saudi Arabia are tens-of-thousands of people whose only crime is to worship God in their own way. No society that denies religious freedom can ever rightly claim to be good in some other way. And no person can ever be true to any faith that believes in the dignity of all human life if they do not act out of concern for those whose dignity is assailed because of their faith. As President, I intend to make religious freedom a subject of great importance for the United States in our relations with other nations.

In the speech he also focused on the evils of human trafficking and use of the Internet by child predators. CNN reported on the speech.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).