Tony Perkins: “I think it's really kind of setting the stage to clamp down on -- on those who are expressing themselves against these…”

I think people recognize that there is a correlation between religious persecution abroad and the growing religious intolerance here at home.

Unfortunately, what we are seeing increasingly is that if you are an American on foreign soil, and you are held captive, you are alone.

I think the State Department has been busy aggressively pursuing its values and human rights priorities, which have not included religious liberty.

Defending those whose right to practice their faith is penalized or jeopardized wins our country friends among people throughout the developing world.