with the next thing, these issues would have featured, i'm sure, prominently in a trip to suzanne johnson cook, state department's ambassador for international religious freedom was ready to take to china last week. it is my understanding that her trip has been canceled, her request to meet with chinese government officials were denied and a cease sa was denied. so that the special ambassador for this administration can't get to china, can't even get a cease sa and yet you have people putting in jail and torturing people. it begs the question, has the department protested this action? has the secretary of the white house protested that their own ambassador cannot even get a visa to go to china? i have more but i'll end on this comment. martin luther king famously said, quote, in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. america is a friend to the imprisoned human rights lawyer. america is a friend to the young tibetan nun who just set herself aflame. they the katrina bishops, pros tant pastors and we should be silence add this administration has bee

ambassador for international religious freedom, suzanne johnson cook, toisit thacountry after earlier reports that she had been denied a visa. >>> controversy continued over the administration's policy changes on contraceptive services. a house committee held a hearing thursday on whether the new policy violates religious liberty. last week, president obama announced revisions saying that religion related organizations with moral objections would not have to offer or pay for birth control. instead, insurance companies would have to provide those services to women free of charge. some catholic leaders supported the change, but others, including the us conference of catholic bishops, said it did not adequately address their concerns. the bishops' opposition is being led by new york's archbishop timothy dolan. >>> dolan is in rome this weekend being elevated to cardinal, along with another american, baltimore's archbishop edwin o'brien. dozens of churches in new york city are citing religious liberty concerns in their battle to be allowed to worshipn public school buildings after hours.