Obama State Department Responsible for Rise in Global Christian Persecution, Tony Perkins Says
The continued rise in Christian persecution across the globe in the past few years can be connected to Obama State Department's "misplaced priorities," leading social conservative activist Tony Perkins has asserted.
"Open Doors USA released their 2017 watch list and for the third year in a row there has been this growth in persecution of Christians abroad," he said. "You cannot look at this spread of anti-Christian persecution toward Christians absent of the policies of this administration."
"To a large degree, not exclusively, the problem is as acute as it is because of the way this State Department has been operating," Perkins continued. "That is why it is so important that the incoming administration and the incoming secretary of state be willing to take on an agenda that is layered within the department and not going to go away simply with new appointees."...