Posted on 05/18/2015 9:25:02 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, the Republican presidential candidate who believes that the gay “jihad” may soon lead to the imprisonment of pastors and the end of free speech, told a right-wing radio host yesterday that the legalization of same-sex marriage represents the greatest threat to religious liberty in the history of the United States.
“We are seeing today profound threats to religious liberty in America, I think the greatest threats we’ve ever seen,” Cruz told conservative author and talk radio host Eric Metaxas.
Cruz said that the fights over “religious freedom” laws in Indiana and Arkansas were “heartbreaking” examples of how the Democratic Party has “gotten so extreme and so radical in its devotion to mandatory gay marriage that they’ve decided there’s no room for the religious liberty protected under the First Amendment.”
He added that while “Democrats joined with big business in vilifying an effort to protect our religious liberty,” too many Republican leaders and presidential candidates “ran and hid in the hills.”
“We’re a nation that was founded by men and women who were fleeing religious oppression and coming to seek out a land where everyone of us could worship God Almighty with all of our hearts, minds and souls, and that is under profound jeopardy today,” Cruz said.
Cruz later claimed that Solicitor General Donald Verrilli had said during last month’s Supreme Court marriage equality arguments that if marriage equality is legalized nationwide, the IRS will start denying tax-exempt status to churches. (In the exchange Cruz referred to, Verrilli had said nothing of the sort.)
“The next step on this,” he said, “is your church being told it now pays income taxes on the tithes that are given each week, that it is now singled out and discriminated against, that universities like Notre Dame or Georgetown and Brigham Young or any university that is founded as a Christian university, if it continues to follow biblical teachings on marriage, the federal government is asserting the power to discriminate and persecute them.” This led Metaxas to warn of “parallels” to what occured in Nazi Germany.
Metaxas seemed to be pleased with Cruz’s responses, especially compared to his GOP presidential rival Jeb Bush, whom Metaxas criticized for failing to forcefully denounce marriage equality and hiring “top people in his campaign who are very aggressively pro-same-sex-marriage.”
Well, yes, of course.
Those who actually fear the One True God are going to be the enemies of the World.
They were skirmishes, followed by squishes.
And we can’t equate genuine Judeo-Christian acknowledgement of God with generic “conservatism” either. There is not an “ism” in the world, however noble now, that won’t instantly lose its way without acknowledgment of the Lord.
How anyone that considers themselves a real conservative could even consider voting for another candidate is beyond me.
Ted Cruz is the only true Conservative in this race.
~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~
YES. YES. YES.
Homosexuality is the sharp tip of The Great Liar's spear. Once it penetrates, very great damage follows.
Homosexuality/queerness damages marriage, family, children, churches, society, military, nation.
It is societal cancer. We are at Stage III.
Huh.
Over 40 posts, and not even one ‘re-education’ post by a Walkerite
If he SCOTUS “legalizes” gay marriage, then many states will feel honor-bound to leave the union and establish a new government that actually adheres to the U.S. Constitution. I would gladly move to one of those states if my state does not join them.
Here you go: HIDDEN CAM: #GayWeddingCakes at Muslim Bakeries?
Cruz is the only one that truly stands apart from the left. However, this will be his undoing. Soros’ propaganda machine and the GOPe will NEVER let a true conservative get the Republican nomination. Sadly, voters will not kick the bogus “2-party” system to the curb, and elect someone capable of restoring this country to having it’s government truly represent the people.
This guy continues to spout truths!!
Bflr
Spot on.
It’s Christianity they can’t stand. It shines the light on their sin. They can’t stand the remnant of their souls that’s left for God to knock on telling them what they are doing is wrong.
My wife was channel surfing a while ago and came across TWO BROKE GIRLS. One of the characters said she had a tartar sauce stain on her blouse and it was harder to get to come out than a Baptist’s son.
Every preacher should be telling his or her flock to stop feeding the beast.
As long as conservatives continue to vote as if the Republican party is necessary, the oligarchy ruling this country at present will remain in power.
The only other option is to let the Cloward-Piven strategy produce it’s desired result, and see who is in charge where when the dust settles.
The late, great USA might just end up like Somalia.
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