Gerry Connolly actually said...

"We are just saying respect the equal rights of freedom of religion for the Baha'is, for the Jewish community, for the Christian community, for the minority Muslim communities."

"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 lesbian brothers and sisters."

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

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