Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, it seems now, more than any time in recent history, Christians around the world are being singled out and persecuted. Most recently and unfortunately were occurrences in Pakistan, where two churches were targeted by suicide bombers. The two attacks that occurred resulted in the deaths of 14 people and injured at least 70. The bombings were obviously coordinated as they occurred fairly close in proximity and time. One suicide bomber detonated inside one church, and the other was stopped at a security checkpoint and detonated when being tackled by a guard. Pakistan, whose track record of protecting religious minority groups is spotty at best, has a history of attacks on Christians. In an op-ed piece I wrote in The Washington Times in February, I discussed the suffering of Christians and other religious minorities around the world. Last November, a mob of 1,200 in Pakistan lynched two Christians accused of burning a Koran, and a judge sentenced a Christian to death for blasphemy. The State Department's International Religious Freedom Report for 2013 highlights Pakistan's inability to protect the religious minorities under its jurisdiction. The report speaks of Pakistan's enforcement of blasphemy laws that restrict religious freedom and are the symbols of religious intolerance.…”