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Article: Persecution bill clears a hurdle.(Freedom from Religious Persecution Act is approved by the House International Relations Committee)(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- April 15, 1998
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A bill aimed at curbing religious persecution abroad passed its first legislative hurdle March 25 by a wide margin, despite a host of congressional concerns that remain to be ironed out if the measure is to win final approval. Following a full day of procedural wrangling and debate over a number of friendly and unfriendly amendments, the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act passed the House International Relations Committee 31-5 with one abstention.
The vote came after a number of specific references to nations that allegedly persecute religious believers were stripped from the bill because of concerns that relatively milder expressions of religious ...