Cruz: Excluding Muslims from presidency is unconstituional

Minforms ^ | 9/20/15 | Staff

[kaehurowing]

We already have had one as president.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Why did he go there?"

Because he's right. The Constitution prohibits a formal religious test for public office, and - in this anti-Christian era - that protects YOU as much as it protects Muslims.

However, the Constitution does NOT prohibit citizens from voting against persons of a particular faith if they believe that faith is hostile to their own beliefs and values, or to the Constitution itself.

[hadaclueonce]

Ted is correct.

an Open Muslim would have never been elected president.

just that Manchurian candidate guy.

[miss marmelstein]

Ok. These guys better find a way to answer these questions because the only answer I’ve liked so far is Ben Carson’s.

The Constitution is not a suicide pact!

[usconservative]

Which is why, absent an Amendment, Cruz is correct on this.

We all know there's no religious test in the Constitution. We didn't need the self aggrandizing lecture where Cruz once again tries to demonstrate he's the smartest guy in the room..

The fact that Cruz wouldn't/couldn't bring himself to state clearly that islam is a theocracy, and therefore incompatible with the United States Constitution and our form of Government is a HUGE disappointment.

One would've thought Cruz was smarter than to pander to the mooslimes, but that's exactly what he just did.

Up to about this point I kinda liked Cruz but after this, he's dead to me.

[Psalm 144]

Because he isn’t as grand as his supporters wish. He is that eleven foot safety line when you needed twelve.

[cripplecreek]

One thing we don't get a choice in is who a president picks for his cabinet.

Donald Trump: I'd be willing to appoint a Muslim to my cabinet

[VinL]

. Islam is unconstitutional

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Where’s it say that?

[HoosierDammit]

I respect Adams a great deal as a founder andca statesman; in all honesty, though, he would have been equally appalled at the thought of a Catholic, black, Jew, or woman on a national ticket.

[faithhopecharity]

Most of our founders were of biblical faith persuasions. And never imagined a Moslem getting into the presidency. The were concerned about foreign enrmy agents maybe getting elected - which is why they wrote the presidential qualifications clause of our Constitution. It was important to them but they didn’t envision how the ruling elite of our great nation would someday choose to trash it Nevertheless, our founders’ prescience has been vindicated these past six years, alas!

[miss marmelstein]

It’s not a religion. It’s a vile, dangerous cult.

[right way right]

“because of religion”
This is an important phrase he is using.

[usconservative]

You just revealed where Cruz is going with this.

Yep, pandering to the mooslimes.

[MeshugeMikey]

He was COMMENTING on Carson;s Answer with his own

It made perfect sense.

[P-Marlowe]

Cruz wasn’t talking about the voters. He was talking about a law that would say a Muslim is not permitted to be the president. Of course that’s unconstitutional.

And neither was Carson. Which is why Cruz's statement is so troubling. Carson was being accused of being against the Constitution merely because he has the correct opinion that a Muslim should not be given the power of leadership over this country.

If Cruz is suggesting that Carson was advocating abandoning the Constitution, then Cruz is either pandering to the press or he is very misinformed.

[TigersEye]

the article ommitted the word ASKED for some strange typographical reason

And chaos and naked political opportunism ensued! lol

[Steve_Seattle]

"It’s not a religion. It’s a vile, dangerous cult."

No matter what you want to call it, Cruz is right.

[MeshugeMikey]

was he supposed to refuse to answere the question he was assked and look like a bozo? or hem and haw about like ONE would be candidate has done...and look like a bigger bozo??

He was honest and forthright

the constitution protects ALL “religions” FALSE and otherwise..thus far...ro some degree...

he said NOTHING about supporting the islamic DEVILS

[VinL]

For me? To better understand the Trump supporters.

[caww]

Islam is diametrically opposed to the US Constitution of this country....Islamic Law always trumps any other law to a muslim.... Islam has as its goal the replacement of Western political and judicial systems with Islamic ones using our laws to attain that.