Summit aims to build 'global movement' for religious freedom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : The cardinal expressed confidence, however, that as the U.S. government "grows in its sensitivity to the faith dimension in international discourse, so will its recognition that protection of religious freedom is a crucial component of our foreign policy, and I might add domestic."
52% : Brownback, the former Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, co-chaired the event alongside Katrina Lantos Swett, the former chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
48% : Looking ahead, Brownback said going forward it will be important for the U.S. government to maintain international religious freedom as a bipartisan issue, and to make it a more mainstream foreign policy topic with the likes of the economic and military issues.
45% : "Religious freedom needs to be right there in that mainstream foreign policy discussion," Brownback said.
43% : Dolan, who is U.S. Bishops Conference Committee for Religious Liberty chair, also noted that religious liberty is now recognized as a human rights issue, opposed to creedal concern.

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