Farr on the Administration and religious liberty abroad

Thomas Farr is a veteran diplomat and a crucial voice in the struggle for religious liberty, here and abroad.  (Read his book!)  Courtesy of the American Principles Project, here (and here) are some of his thoughts on the Administration's plans and policies regarding religious freedom around the world.  He emphasizes, among other things, that "the United States should move its policy of advancing international religious freedom into the mainstream. It is not a 'nice to have' humanitarian issue to be shoved aside when more 'strategic' imperatives (the environment and trade) loom. Religious liberty is intimately connected to all human affairs, including the defeat of those who, in the President's well-crafted words,  'would murder innocents.' It should be treated as such."