Don’t let the fringes distract you from the main event: The Obama administration has joined a U.N. effort to restrict religious speech:

The Egyptian ambassador to the U.N., Hisham Badr, wasted no time in heralding the new consensus with the U.S. that “freedom of expression has been sometimes misused” and showing that the “true nature of this right” must yield government limitations.

His U.S. counterpart, Douglas Griffiths, heralded “this joint project with Egypt” and supported the resolution to achieve “tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”

Note that the 1st Amendment forbids Congress from making laws restricting speech, but says nothing about international agreements like this one.