Posted on 01/26/2015 4:42:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Republican Senator Ted Cruz recently made a splash by agreeing to appear at a glitzy retreat for observant Jews. There, he will likely promote his hawkish foreign policy, but would be wise to avoid another of his favorite topics, the “Judeo-Christian" values which he says make up America's moral foundation. These values belie a dangerous, exclusionary worldview, deeply at odds with the universal American dream Cruz claims they represent.
Politico, which described Cruz as “a likely Republican presidential candidate and vocal Pro-Israel hawk,” speculated that this was likely an early effort on Cruz’s part to woo Jewish elites and powerbrokers.
This past September, during a well-received address at the Values Voter Summit, Cruz described the United States as a “center-right country, built on a foundation of Judeo-Christian values.” These include the belief that religion should be the center of public life, and a set of specific values, which include “standing for life,” “standing for marriage” and “standing for Israel.” Cruz insisted “our values” (the values of the religious right-wing at the summit) are “fundamentally American.” While many American Jews may “stand with Israel” (though probably not in the sense Cruz means it), they overwhelmingly support gay marriage and a woman’s right to an abortion. So where does the “Judeo” half of Cruz’s equation come from?
Writing in Religion Dispatches, Shalom Goldman – a professor of religious studies at Duke University – describes the history of the term. Goldman notes, interestingly, that it was first popularized in the 1930s by Jewish and Christian liberals who sought to combat growing American xenophobia by fostering "a more open and inclusive sense of American religious identity." Orthodox Jews and conservative Christians both rejected the term....
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
They’re really afraid of Ted Cruz ...
TED CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT!!!
I see what we have here.
An obvious message to liberal Jews not to “be fooled” by Ted Cruz.
Bleep ‘em. They won’t vote for a Republican - much less a conservative - anyway.
Let's reword this a bit. These values promote an exceptional worldview that excludes dangerous Muslims.
Proof please? Could you please show me the survey and it's questions that were put to the overwhelming population of American Jews? Don't have that? Sit down and shut up!
Don’t listen to these Commie idiots at Haaretz! They are so self hating that antisemites such as Lew Rockwell use them as a trusted source. They would support a ticket with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres (not necessarily in that order) if they could.
Don’t listen to these Commie idiots at Haaretz! They are so self hating that antisemites such as Lew Rockwell use them as a trusted source. They would support a ticket with Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres (not necessarily in that order) if they could.
‘swhy American Jews are confused...
Um, probably from the Old Testament.
Some people are just never happy. They place baby killing and reproductive suicide above every other consideration.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jews-among-the-most-supportive-of-gay-marriage/
http://www.jta.org/2013/07/29/news-opinion/the-telegraph/poll-jews-support-abortion
Let's see... under the Judeo-Christian worldview, we have had a melting pot. We have been so welcoming and accommodating that those who disagree with us have had the freedom to gain power over us. As opposed to their viewpoint which is dangerous and exclusionary, deeply at odds with America's founding principles of freedom of conscience and personal property. While we would exterminate only those who seek our extermination, they will not tolerate our example of tolerance and will annihilate us to prove their inclusive attitude.
Got it.
Exactly. When the left gets this shrill about someone they’re tipping off who they fear and right now it’s obviously Ted Cruz.
What is this idiot prattling on about?
This is amazing. I’m in my forties and since I was a kid Jewish leaders in America and in Israel have always accused the Republican Party of being anti-Israel and anti-Semitic generally. Today it’s so obvious which party strongly defends Israel and which one is outwardly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic, but idiots like this writer look at conservative support towards Israel and Jewish Americans as being “dangerous”. The freaking left are nothing but a danger to the world with their mindset.
A very definitive statement and I don't believe there has been any poll or anything else that can be used to verify it, no matter how many articles in liberal press you point to.
Liars quoting fictitious surveys, I’m afraid...
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