Bush Commemorates Religious Freedom Act
July 14th, 2008 by Sarah
This morning, President Bush spoke on behalf of the 10th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Bush stated that the IRFA “placed religious liberty where it belongs — at the center of U.S. foreign policy.”
For President Bush’s full statement, click here.
A resolution sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks, and co-sponsored by 35 House members, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the IRFA is currently before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The IRFA created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to monitor religious freedoms abroad and to issue independent recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State, and Congress. The Commission designates “countries of particular concern” for their ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.
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