Baucus Won’t Commit to Attending Church Service in China

‘Let me not answer that directly, because I don’t know the degree to which that makes sense at this point’

Baucus Won’t Commit to Attending Church Service in China (Washington Free Beacon)

Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.) would not commit to attending a worship service at an unregistered Christian church within China during his Senate nomination hearing Tuesday, saying he wasn’t sure “that makes sense at this point.”

Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) pointed out numerous humans rights abuses by the Chinese, including the detainment of unregistered Christians and the prohibition of public worship activities, to provide context for his questioning.

Baucus, though, wouldn’t commit to standing up for America’s bedrock right to freedom of religion, saying again he would have to take that question back to the administration.

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