In his speech, McCain railed against "a tendency in our age to accede to the spurious excuse of moral relativism and turn away from the harshest examples of man's inhumanity to man, to ignore the darker side of human nature that encroaches upon our decency by subtle degree."

McCain singled out China, Iran, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea and Saudi Arabia for restricting religious freedom and said he would make religious freedom "a subject of great importance" in his foreign policy if he became president.

McCain also hinted he would try to end the practice of genital mutilation as part of his foreign policy, saying "the United States are predicated on a shared respect for the basic right of women and children not to suffer atrocities to their physical and emotional health to protect traditions that should have been ended long ago."

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