Bizarro logic alert -- persecution of Christians in ME tied to gay/ women's rights here at home
Ah yes, that "religious liberty" thing. Let women here at home have access to contraception and allow gays to marry, and the next thing you know Christians will be persecuted in Iraq!
Darn those women and gays... the root of all evil. 
Got news for you, Archbishop... we ain't going back to the Middle Ages for you or anyone else.
Archbishop: Be vigilant against US religious freedom threats
By Mary Rezac
Orlando, Fla., Aug 27, 2014 / 11:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amidst increasing violent religious persecution in the Middle East and Africa, it is vital for Christians in the U.S. to remain on guard of their own freedoms, said Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore.
“I'm not given to apocalyptic predictions, but I do believe that we have to be vigilant,” Archbishop Lori said. “It's easy to see that the threats to religious liberty in the West are starting to constrict religion more and more.”...
...Archbishop Lori serves as chairman of the U.S. bishop conference's ad hoc committee on religious freedom as well as the supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. He spoke with CNA in early August at the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention in Florida...
...These root problems then take on many forms, from federal and state mandates restricting conscience rights regarding contraception to various threats posed by “gay marriage” advances, he said....
MORE at http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/archbishop-be-vigilant-against-us-religious-freedom-threats-92220/
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