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Christian Groups Intensify Efforts Against U.N. Defamation Resolution

By ADF Alliance Alert

Christian Post: Late last month, several Christian groups submitted a consultation paper to the U.N. Human Rights Council, urging it to protect religious expression, interpret ?incitement? in a manner that protects religious minorities from ?actual, imminent harm,? and reject the call for vague ?hate speech? codes that penalize speech that merely makes the listener uncomfortable. The groups ? which included Alliance Defense Fund, Christian Legal Fellowship, Jubilee Campaign, World Evangelical Alliance, and Advocates International . . . . Open Doors USA Advocacy Director Lindsay Vessey said it is "dangerous and alarming that a U.N. resolution provides legitimacy to national blasphemy laws that are used to persecute Christians and other minority faith groups . . . "

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).