IT MAY come as a surprise that a US citizen can be sued in an American court by a foreign national for actions in that foreign country—actions that were not illegal in either nation. Even more surprising is that the suit was filed under a law passed by Congress in the 1790s that's so vague its original meaning and purpose are unclear.

Dr. Scott Lively, president of Abiding Truth Ministries, describes what it's like to be the target of a lawsuit for crimes against humanity for traveling to Uganda and speaking out for the biblical standard of marriage.

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