My answer to the second question is that yes, of course it's complex, but it does not need to be overly intellectualized. When it comes to religion and culture, we, in trying to be good global citizens, wind up, I think, in the paralysis of analysis. On this one, I think, action should be pretty easy for us to undertake, precisely because the values for which this country is supposed to stand are themselves not simple. They too are complex, but they ought to be clear.
As for when I became interested in religious freedom, I would suggest that it was as soon as I knew what freedom was. My family and I are political refugees from East Africa. We came from Uganda. I was born there. We were expelled under the dictatorship of General Idi Amin, who himself is a Muslim. We wound up on the precious soil of Canada. I remember, as I was growing up, being thoroughly enthralled by my ability to ask questions at my public school. I remember thinking to myself how unbelievably fortunate I'd been to wind up in a place where, through no taking up of arms, through no letting of blood, we had been given our freedom, my family and I.
Without at all wanting to sound corny about this—this comes from a place of absolute sincerity—I will tell you that every day I wake up thanking God for helping us wind up in an open society and then asking God to help me stay worthy of being a citizen of an open society. That means earning my freedom every day, first and foremost by using it as best I know how, but making sure that I've earned it, rather than taking it for granted.