Gerry Connolly actually said...

Religion has always played a very important role in our public life.

Iran is different from the United States in that we do have the separation--what we call the separation of church and state.

We believe in that very strongly. We did from the beginning in the United States.

Every group is entitled in a society to human rights protection, whether they be Baha'is, whether it be women, whether they be gay and lesbi...