Religious Freedom Advocates Concerned about Obama Administration's Indifference

By Russel Shaw

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"The oppressed of the world look to this administration, indeed, all of us, with hope and forbearance, to do more," U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom chairman Leonard Leo told a Washington press conference last month.

Out in the real world, the situation of religious freedom hasn't been getting better lately and arguably has been getting worse. When the religious freedom commission released its annual report, it named 13 nations the State Department was urged to designate "countries of particular concern" for their "systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations."