WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sam Brownback, former governor of Kansas and later United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom from 2018 to 2021, is well aware that the First Amendment rights of the United States aren’t shared the world over. In many countries, the right to practice your faith is a hard-won one.
“I’ve been working on religious persecution cases for many years,” said Mr. Brownback.
So, when he saw a scene in Shen Yun Performing Arts that depicted the present-day persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, “it just brought a tear to my eye,” he said.
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company and has a mission to revive the 5,000 years of China’s divinely inspired civilization. Through music and dance, it tells stories from the origins of China up to the present day….