Ted Cruz Blasts Jailing of Christian Kentucky Clerk as Un-American

Ted Cruz slammed the decision by a federal judge to order a Kentucky county clerk to jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples on the basis of her Christian faith, labeling it un-American.

“Today, judicial lawlessness crossed into judicial tyranny,” the Republican presidential candidate said in a statement Thursday afternoon. “Today, for the first time ever, the government arrested a Christian woman for living according to her faith. This is wrong. This is not America.”

Cruz declared that he stands with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis “unequivocally” for refraining from issuing any marriage licenses in the more than two-month period since the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.

“I stand with every American that the Obama administration is trying to force to choose between honoring his or her faith or complying with a lawless court opinion,” the Texas senator said, citing dissents in the June 26 court opinion.

Cruz labeled those calling for Davis’s resignation “hypocritical” for not demanding the same of lawmakers who support policies that bolster illegal immigration, including President Obama.

“Where is the call for the mayor of San Francisco to resign for creating a sanctuary city—resulting in the murder of American citizens by criminal illegal aliens welcomed by his lawlessness?” Cruz asked. “Where is the call for President Obama to resign for ignoring and defying our immigration laws, our welfare reform laws, and even his own Obamacare?

He accused those criticizing the county clerk of holding the belief that Christians “should not serve in public office.”

“Kim Davis should not be in jail. We are a country founded on Judeo-Christian values, founded by those fleeing religious oppression and seeking a land where we could worship God and live according to our faith, without being imprisoned for doing so,” Cruz concluded, calling upon individuals governed by faith and loyalty to the Constitution to express support for Davis and “stop the persecution.”

Several Republican presidential candidates have responded to news of Davis’ jailing, Gov. Mike Huckabee writing on Twitter that “exercising religious liberty should never be a crime in America.” Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum labeled Davis’ action “heroic.”

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton stood by the federal judge’s decision Thursday, writing on social media, “Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law—end of story.”

Clinton is currently entangled in an FBI investigation into whether or not she knowingly sent or received classified information on her private email server.

After Davis was sent to jail, Rowan County issued its first marriage license to a gay couple Friday morning.

3 posted on 09/04/2015 9:38:16 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))

Maybe the most ironic political statement made by a hypocrite politician in our lifetimes!

"Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law." - Hilary Clinton, 2015

4 posted on 09/04/2015 9:38:47 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being stupid!)

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to
stand.
Ephesians 6:10-13

6 posted on 09/04/2015 10:01:15 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")

SCOTUS should have read the postlogue of the Constitution:
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth.
In its ruling, SCOTUS has put the tradition of deference to its rulings in opposition to American’s Christian tradition. That is the problem, and it’s on SCOTUS.

7 posted on 09/04/2015 11:21:43 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion ('Liberalism' is a conspiracy against the public by wire-service journalism.)

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