Posted on 08/12/2015 4:39:13 AM PDT by HomerBohn
Though I believe Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of President, that doesn't mean that the man doesn't say a lot of right things, because he does. The video response below is an excellent response when it comes to being asked about hatred or animosity towards those who engage in the sinful and criminal act of sodomy.
The exchange occurred earlier this year, but this was the first I saw of it and think it is a great response not just for those running for office who claim to be Christians, but for all Christians who recognize what sodomy is.
Here is how the conversation went down at a campaign stop in Beaumont, TX on May 19. KMBT-TV's Kevin Steele was the reporter.
(Watch video of Ted at link)
SEN. TED CRUZ: Let me ask a question: Is there something about the left, and I am going to put the media in this category, that is obsessed with sex? Why is it the only question you want to ask concerns homosexuals? Okay, you can ask those questions over and over and over again. I recognize that you're reading questions from MSNBC... You're wincing. You don't want to talk about foreign policy. I recognize you want to ask another question about gay rights. Well, you know. ISIS is executing homosexuals. You want to talk about gay rights? This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals. That ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic.
REPORTER: Do you have a personal animosity against gay Americans?
CRUZ: Do you have a personal animosity against Christians, sir? Your line of questioning is highly curious. You seem fixated on a particular subject. Look, I'm a Christian. Scripture commands us to love everybody and what I have been talking about, with respect to same-sex "marriage," is the Constitution which is what we should all be focused on. The Constitution gives marriage to elected state legislators. It doesn't give the power of marriage to a president, or to unelected judges to tear down the decisions enacted by democratically elected state legislatures.
It's not working anymore. Part of it is Cruz is getting much, much better at giving his answers in ways that appeal to a majority. He has that voice and confidence back which he demonstrated during his magnificent 21 hours.
I thing we can thank Donald Trump for raising the excitement level to a point where only the very best and most qualified will survive.
I’m in for Ted. But look for America’s oldest and largest criminal enterprise, the Democratic party, to do everything they can to destroy him. Even to the point of getting Trump the nomination.
That is a truly masterful tactic. I've watched loathsome liberals do this time and time again. This time somebody uses TRUTH to turn it around. Outstanding.
“The awesomeness of Ted Cruz never ceases to impress me! I haven’t wanted anyone this bad for president since Reagan.”
I totally agree with you. My only concern is that there is so much to do/undo, that it’s going to take two really strong people to fix America’s problems. I do want him to “be the leader of the pack” though.
Where is the “Like” button? :-)
All reporters are biased. "Objective journalism" is a fiction put forward by the left to cover their propaganda. In a better world, reporters would be honest about their biases instead of pretending that their biases don't exist.
Cruz is so brilliant and calmly articulate. If given the airtime America could see that. That is why the MSM ignores him.
Yes, because they know that if a tree falls in the forest and they don’t report it, there is no sound.
Wasn’t Tim Brown a running back for the old Oakland Raiders?
What an excellent article! Thanks for the link.
Stopped reading after the first BS sentence.
You’re welcome. It really puts things in perspective ... probably the best I’ve seen (so I have saved the links and share it a lot).
The author is wrong regarding the citizenship issue. Cruz is by law as its defined a natural born citizen.
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