Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the Lankford amendment to the resolution be agreed to; that the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; that the Lankford amendment to the preamble be agreed to; that the preamble, as amended, be agreed to; and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 2719) was agreed to, as follows (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: ``That the Senate-- (1) recognizes that blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws inappropriately position governments as arbiters of religious truth and empower officials to impose religious dogma on individuals or minorities through the power of the government or through violence sanctioned by the government; (2) calls on the President and the Secretary of State to encourage the repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy in bilateral discussions between the United States and all countries that have such laws, through direct interventions in bilateral and multilateral fora; (3) encourages the President and the Secretary of State to oppose-- (A) any efforts, by the United Nations or by other international or multilateral fora, to create an international anti-blasphemy norm, such as the ``defamation of religions'' resolutions introduced in the United Nations between 1999 and 2010; and (B) any attempts to expand the international norm on incitement to include blasp…”