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Cruz: I Call Upon Every Believer...to Stand with Kim Davis
TedCruz.org ^ | 9/3/2015 | Ted Cruz

Posted on 09/03/2015 1:01:16 PM PDT by DaveyB

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding the arrest of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis:

“Today, judicial lawlessness crossed into judicial tyranny. 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.

“I stand with Kim Davis. Unequivocally. I stand with every American that the Obama Administration is trying to force to chose between honoring his or her faith or complying with a lawless court opinion.

“In dissent, Chief Justice Roberts rightly observed that the Court’s marriage opinion has nothing to do with the Constitution. Justice Scalia observed that the Court’s opinion was so contrary to law that state and local officials would choose to defy it.

“For every politician — Democrat and Republican — who is tut-tutting that Davis must resign, they are defending a hypocritical standard. 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?

“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?

“When the mayor of San Francisco and President Obama resign, then we can talk about Kim Davis.

“Those who are persecuting Kim Davis believe that Christians should not serve in public office. That is the consequence of their position. Or, if Christians do serve in public office, they must disregard their religious faith–or be sent to jail.

“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.

“I call upon every Believer, every Constitutionalist, every lover of liberty to stand with Kim Davis. Stop the persecution now.”


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: Kentucky; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2016election; california; carlyfiorina; cruz; election2016; gaykkk; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; judaicalactivism; kentucky; kimdavis; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; sanfrancisco; tedcruz; texas
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To: Duchess47

You are entitled to your opinion but if most folks share your opinion the nation is doomed to tyranny. And that is a fact not an opinion.


121 posted on 09/03/2015 4:16:16 PM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: catfish1957

You are right. I just believe that as a Christian and a moral person she is going about this in a wrong way.


122 posted on 09/03/2015 4:16:47 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: caww
Impeach her for not obeying the law????


123 posted on 09/03/2015 4:17:02 PM PDT by caww
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To: GeronL
"He showed leadership on a lot of things since he became a Senator. Recently he helped organise the Iran protest back when Trump said he wouldn’t tear it up, he’d police it."

LOL, I remember a thread about that. Some of Trump's supporters were swooning over his brilliant strategy.

124 posted on 09/03/2015 4:17:19 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: caww

I want to see that POS in ankle chains and cuffs. He’s been breaking the law since he took office.


125 posted on 09/03/2015 4:18:28 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon (("This is a Laztatorship. You don't like it, get a day's rations and get out of this office."))
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To: Responsibility2nd

They need to decide this on their own.

Invoking that sort of veiled threat is much more likely to have the opposite reaction, however they might actually understand what judicial tyranny feels like when exercised through law enforcement.

I’ll leave that up to you, but it seems to be the same tactic that you are trying to say is abusive and unconstitutional.


126 posted on 09/03/2015 4:19:42 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: CatherineofAragon

I know and then he flips and they cheer his brilliant leadership

lol


127 posted on 09/03/2015 4:20:14 PM PDT by GeronL (Cruz is for real, 100%)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I feel as though we’ve lost so much religious freedom in the last six years...enough.
If this is the hill that will return our God given freedom, then So Be It.
I stand with Ted. Take that hill.


128 posted on 09/03/2015 4:23:40 PM PDT by Maris Crane (()
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To: Cold Heat
How is this a veiled threat? Abusive and unconstitutional??
Please reconsider your stance against Kim Davis, Ted Cruz and even Jim Robinson.....
All I'm doing is pointing - politely pointing - out the errors of their thinking.
129 posted on 09/03/2015 4:27:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility)
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To: Maris Crane

I’m with Cruz on this one.


130 posted on 09/03/2015 4:27:55 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: DaveyB

#IStandWithKimDavis


131 posted on 09/03/2015 4:29:23 PM PDT by TheDon (BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

132 posted on 09/03/2015 4:30:52 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: DaveyB

133 posted on 09/03/2015 4:32:16 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: RginTN
So far Cruz and huckabee have stood with Freedom on this issue. Where are the others!

Walker and Jindal also. Paul, sorta.

134 posted on 09/03/2015 4:35:47 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Yes you are, but I find using Jim Rob as a foil to be a bit wrongheaded.

I have had those types of “veiled threats” as I called them, used many times against me when I had a contrary opinion to someone on the forum. I spent so much time thinking about the perceived insult that there was no possible way to reconsider my position.

I hope maybe that clears up any misunderstanding. If not, I can try to elucidate further.


135 posted on 09/03/2015 4:37:35 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: Duchess47

Clerk Davis is following the law of Kentucky on this, since it prohibits same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court and a federal judge have no right—no **right** right—to say otherwise.


136 posted on 09/03/2015 4:39:42 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Not sure, but I would assume the maybe Jindal will chime in, but the rest are likely to remain silent..


137 posted on 09/03/2015 4:40:15 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Since I am a firm believer in States Rights, I would agree with you, however, the Supreme Court and a Federal Judge don’t and for years (since states won’t stand up and fight) they have been in charge.


138 posted on 09/03/2015 4:42:41 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: CA Conservative; Ezekiel
If religious liberty is not a hill to die on, then this country is truly on its way to the dustbin of history. If we fail to defend this hill, then no other hill is worth defending. We might as well let it burn down and start from scratch.

That's the spirit!


139 posted on 09/03/2015 4:44:06 PM PDT by 444Flyer (How long O LORD?)
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To: Cold Heat

Walker and Jindal **did** speak up on the right side of this.


140 posted on 09/03/2015 4:46:16 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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