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Quote of the Week: Obama Urges Freedom of Worship in China

November 16, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Dan Gilgoff, God & Country

"We do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation, but we also don't believe that the principles that we stand for are unique to our nation. These freedoms of expression and worship—of access to information and political participation—we believe are universal rights. They should be available to all people, including ethnic and religious minorities, whether they are in the United States, China, or any nation."

—President Barack Obama in Shanghai, China, today

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However, AuraDawn's rancid, hedonistic rambling rants never do - But that's not a fair statement - since I stopped reading them long ago.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 10:26PM November 16, 2009

As long as we all worship Obama, he's all good with that.

Milwaukee Broad of WI 4:57PM November 16, 2009

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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