Hey, Bill Clinton supported and signed the very same law Gov. Pence has signed.
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Posted on 04/02/2015 9:35:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
HOUSTON, Texas — In the second part of an exclusive interview with Breitbart News after the public grand opening of his Houston presidential campaign headquarters, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told Breitbart News that the modern Democratic Party is “so radicalized and so extreme” that it won’t stand up for the most basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution, including religious liberty as afforded by the First Amendment.
“I’m proud that the state of Indiana stood to defend religious liberties,” Cruz said in the interview, which took place before the state of Indiana backed down to the institutional left’s calls for changes to its Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The vilification and attacks that have been levied against Indiana and Gov. Pence in particular have been abominable. It is a sad statement of just how far we have come. It was not too long ago when there was widespread bipartisan agreement in support of defending religious liberties.
Unfortunately, the modern Democratic Party has become so radicalized and so extreme that religious liberty is now deemed in conflict with the interests of the Democratic Party. Just two decades ago, Congress nearly virtually unanimously passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It was signed into law by a Democrat, Bill Clinton. Yet today, when Indiana passes nearly identical legislation, it is the subject of unfair attacks and vilification.
Cruz said the reasoning behind the viciousness and hate from far leftwing liberals against people in Indiana and Gov. Pence in particular is because of the Democratic Party’s commitment to the far leftwing liberal agenda, after previously supporting more moderate positions in recent years.
“The reason, unfortunately, is because the modern Democratic Party has decided a political commitment to mandating gay marriage trumps any fidelity of the First Amendment....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Hey, Bill Clinton supported and signed the very same law Gov. Pence has signed.
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I can’t wait to vote for our first Hispanic president!
Should disappear in a day or two.
Has the NYT deleted its archives before?
Let us not forget the Democrats booed God at their 2012 convention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJE9YfsbNQ
Someone needs to say that this is what intolerant people say when they want to demonize and take away religious freedom this country has always had and always protected.
I always think of National Lampoon's Radio Dinner: "Anything but Nixon ... a blender ... anything." Well, here's back at you, you old farts, if you're still alive.
Meaning nothing against Mr. Cruz; a fine upstanding individual, AFAIK.
I don’t think he has enough executive experience to be President, but I like what he is saying here, and he seems to be the only one saying it.
‘enough executive experience’
Please explain this and in relation to the job description of the president.
Oh, and where it says so in the job description.
It sounded like a joke, but then I saw you were serious.
I’m not sure what “executive experience” entails. but he was the Solicitor General for Texas for over five years. I looked on their website - the Texas AG office now employs over 4000 people. I’m not sure, but I would imagine that being the Solicitor General would cover some of that “executive experience”. I’m guessing he had all sorts of people that he was directing to find information on this and that, how to proceed with cases, etc.
Cruz was the head guy getting 31 states together to petition (and win) at the Supreme Court to say that gun rights are individual rights (as opposed to having to be part of some organized “militia”. That also shows some leadership experience, and getting different groups of people moving in the same direction.
You mean compared to ZERO ?
You do know that he ran a 4,000 person office in Texas as Solicitor General for the state and was Director of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, don’t you? He was also an associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department, and partner in several major law offices, so he has plenty of executive experience. Don’t buy the left-wing media’s stories.
Also, please describe Abraham Lincoln’s and John F. Kennedy’s executive experience prior to assuming the presidency. Or Barack Obama’s.
You do know that the moment Cruz gets the nomination, a federal judge will rule him ineligible due to his lacking Natural Born Citizenship status. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or false, they will turn their court system against him.
Ted Cruz Quote:
....”the modern Democratic Party is “so radicalized and so extreme” that it won’t stand up for the most basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution”....
Do not underestimate the real power over all men.
The modern Dem Party opposes the Constitution, they despise it.
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