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Cruz doubles down on support for Indiana’s religious freedom law
The Washington Post's Post Politics ^ | April 1, 2015 | Katie Zezima

Posted on 04/01/2015 5:57:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his support for Indiana's controversial religious freedom law Wednesday, despite a fresh push by that state's governor to "fix" the measure.

Speaking in a stuffy, cramped auditorium at Morningside College here, Cruz said that religious liberty is not a "fringe view." Cruz staked his claim to the right of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who signed the law but said he wanted to see "a fix" to the law that makes clear it does not give businesses license to deny services to customers on the basis of sexual orientation, and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R ) who asked lawmakers Wednesday to recall or amend a religious freedom bill.

"We're seeing in the news right now a lot of noise because the state of Indiana bravely stood up and passed a law defending religious liberty. I’ll say this: I will commend the state of Indiana for doing the right thing," Cruz said....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Indiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; homosexualagenda; indiana; mikepence; rfra; smallbusiness; tedcruz; texas
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1 posted on 04/01/2015 5:57:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go, Cruz, GO!!


2 posted on 04/01/2015 5:58:50 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

God bless him for doing the right thing. We may be too far gone as a nation to respond to him but God bless him anyway.


3 posted on 04/01/2015 5:58:52 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There’s nothing wrong with the law.

The problem is Indiana’s ball-less governor.


4 posted on 04/01/2015 6:00:53 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician. Some assembly required.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gave last week when he announced and gave just now to encourage him to stand strong against the evildoers who are persecuting Jesus. (If you recall the conversion story of Saul to Paul, Jesus asked Saul, who had imprisoned Christians, “Saul, why do you persecute me?”)


5 posted on 04/01/2015 6:05:51 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: johniegrad
Somebody has to stand for religious liberty.

Cruz is right about one thing -- pray!

The first dozen comments at the site are bleak, but it is the Washington Post. Personally, I believe that most Americans are more behind Cruz than anyone else. Perhaps the Republican party is the wrong venue.

6 posted on 04/01/2015 6:06:13 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fearless and principled. This is what distinguishes him. Doubt any of the other candidates will follow his lead— he’s in a class by himself.


7 posted on 04/01/2015 6:06:29 PM PDT by VinL (It is better to suffer every wrong, than to consent to wrong.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One brave man DOES make a difference.


8 posted on 04/01/2015 6:06:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mike Pence’s pathetic cave-in to the sodomites is a glittering example of The Peter Principle in real life. (And to think that Pence’s name has been bandied about as a viable possibility of being a candidate for POTUS?! PUHLEEEZE!)


9 posted on 04/01/2015 6:09:58 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: txrefugee

Another $50 I can’t afford now that it’s a new quarter.


10 posted on 04/01/2015 6:10:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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The law already limits the so called descrimination.

You shouldn’t discriminate against anyone but, a religious conscience doesn’t allow celebration of a union between Bob & Bob or Jane & Jane.

Wanna work at an establishment? Fine, just keep your sexual proclivities to yourself.

I don’t like watching heterosexuals engage in overt sexual preening or coming on to anyone they want.

Don’t care for it if yer a homo either.

There is a line and it’s the same for both classes but, make no mistake, your lifestyle is the ambiguous one and no one can tell what your orientation is with any degree of certainty. Moreover, I give a fk.

You are self objectifying yourself and demonstrating your primary existence revolves around your bedroom prferences.

It belongs in the bedroom, not the boardroom.

I don’t care for it when chicks think they can hunt me and sure as hell don’t have any tolerance for dicks who come on to me.

Make it a joke, be done with it, move on.


11 posted on 04/01/2015 6:10:21 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: txrefugee
i think its time to donate to Cruz.
We stopped after Palin was trashed.

But, oh where oh where are Walker, Phony Rand and Crooked Jebby ??
Their silence say it all.

12 posted on 04/01/2015 6:12:19 PM PDT by ncalburt ( Amnesty-media out in full force)
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To: ncalburt

So are the voices of all of the latter’s supporters.


13 posted on 04/01/2015 6:13:57 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

that promo is gonna REALLY confuse sharpton who already thinks the guys name is Ted’s Crew....


14 posted on 04/01/2015 6:14:15 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And this is why I support Ted Cruz, he comes out swinging and tells these Commie a-holes that they can take their opinion and shove it..God Bless you Ted Cruz, you have my vote in 2016


15 posted on 04/01/2015 6:14:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Money sent.


16 posted on 04/01/2015 6:14:49 PM PDT by grimalkin (We are a nation under God. If we ever forget this, we are a nation gone under. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I’m guessing he forgets his own name several times a day, along with forgetting to breathe.


17 posted on 04/01/2015 6:15:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://www.tedcruz.org/donate/)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
God told Abraham He wouldn't destroy Sodom if he could find one righteous man.

Publicly, the politican Ted Cruz, so far, is the only righteous man.

18 posted on 04/01/2015 6:15:29 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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19 posted on 04/01/2015 6:15:33 PM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

the weight loss has yet to be explained in any manner that would dissuade me from thinking he has either cancer..... or AIDS

if its CANCER hed be calling cancer RACESS....so it must BE aids

given that Ive learned that AIDS...leads to DEMENTIA..the whole THANG fits together like a Hat...like a Hat and Glove ..I say!!


20 posted on 04/01/2015 6:18:26 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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