Trump issues huge warning to world governments to respect religious freedom by STEVEN MOSHER for Life Site News
Trump’s International Religious Freedom Executive Order means that if world govts persecute people of faith, the US will find out about it, and there will be consequences
The Trump Administration has been a stalwart defender of religious liberty at home. Now a new presidential order puts America squarely on the side of protecting and advancing religious liberty abroad.
The new executive order, signed on June 2, is called “Advancing International Religious Freedom.” Its intent is to put religious freedom on an equal footing with the many other American interests that our diplomats are charged to advance.
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Such an order has long been sorely needed. As someone who has worked on human rights issues for decades, I can personally attest to the fact that human rights concerns in general, and religious freedom issues in particular, are neglected in U.S. foreign policy. Economic, trade, and security issues are put in one “basket,” and are pursued with vigor and persistence. Religious freedom issues are placed in a second “basket”, which is all too often given much less attention by America’s diplomats.
If you are learning about the new executive order for the first time, you are not alone. The mainstream media, not surprisingly, has almost totally ignored the President’s action. For the most part, its “reporters” are too busy breathlessly hyping the orchestrated anarchy that has gripped American streets, too busy concocting false narratives about the actions of this President, and far too hostile to religious believers in general, to even bother taking notice.
“Advancing International Religious Freedom” begins with a resounding declaration:
“Religious freedom, America’s first freedom, is a moral and national security imperative. Religious freedom for all people worldwide is a foreign policy priority of the United States, and the United States will respect and vigorously promote this freedom … our Founders understood religious freedom not as a creation of the state, but as a gift of God to every person and a right that is fundamental for the flourishing of our society.”
