Cruz on Apple CEO Tim Cook being gay: 'Personal decision'

The Hill ^ | October 30, 2014 | Peter Sullivan

[BurningOak]

"Those are his personal choices. I’ll tell you, I love my iPhone," Cruz said.

"Listen, Tim Cook makes his personal decisions, and that is his life. My focus is on the constitutional question of who has the authority to make decisions," he later added.

Cruz said that marriage is a "question for the states" because of the country's federalist system.

"This is something we’ve seen over and over again, which is the federal government and federal courts deciding they don’t trust the people," Cruz said. "They look down on the people, they don’t trust us to make judgments about our own lives, so the federal government and federal courts are going to step in and impose their own policy preferences."

[BurningOak]

Brilliant response to a gotcha question by hostile media. They wanted Cruz to attack CEO of one of the most popular companies with young people, thus spinning that he is a bigot, or a theocrat, or a behind the times old man. His response is clear, articulate, intelligent, and conservative. He brings it back to issues that people actually care about including people who are moderate, young, and pro gay; Constitutional limitations on concentrations of power, local autonomy by limiting the federal government, democracy vs judicial oligarchy. He comes off reasonable and intelligent, and avoids the trap of preaching in a political forum.

This man will be a great President. Not just for Freepers or conservatives or Christians; the whole country will benefit from having such a mature and reasoned man at its helm.

Ted Cruz 2016!!!

[I want the USA back]

Who the hell cares what a CEO does in his spare time!

[skeeter]

Cruz is definitely smart enough to succeed in 2016.

But will the media allow people to hear what he has to say? They will not.

He's gonna need to get creative to get his message across.

[lee martell]

For most people, Tim Cook remains a faceless executive, even after (over)sharing his lifestyle data with us. We don’t care about that. Just don’t go all Facebook-ish and start selling our private info to the government’s highest bidder.

[Christie at the beach]

It is a personal choice so, why not keep that choice of

behavior to himself? Oh, he supports homosexual marriage.

[11th_VA]

Question #2 (heard in a Senate race this month): “Would you be comfortable going to a Gay wedding?” It’s going to be asked, ...

[ohioman]

I am good with Cruz’s response. However, I and many others care what a CEO does in his spare time, especially when it involves depraved behavior.

[hecticskeptic]

I’m going to bet that Cruz gets raked over the coals for his suggestion that ‘it’s his decision’ as opposed to some statement that would suggest that he agrees that this is just simply a part of ‘who Timmy is’....

[Romulus]

Cruz and his supporters think they can bob and weave and triangulate and thread the needle and figure the odds.

I have news for them. God will not be mocked. Those who deny Christ will be denied by him before his Father.

[SoConPubbie]

Who the hell cares what a CEO does in his spare time!

Do you consider yourself a Christian?

[MrB]

“Fine, you be ‘gay’ over there.”

[Moonman62]

The title is a blatant twisting of what Cruz said.

[SoConPubbie]

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[2nd Amendment]

Come to think of it . . my iphone has been acting gay, lately!

[tanknetter]

Sure. You just know that the food will be fabulous.

[Texan5]

I’d guess that a lawyer would answer something like “if I knew the people”, or something equally non-committal that shut that leading question down.

[VanDeKoik]

Well provide us a sample of what you think he should have said.

[CatherineofAragon]

How is Cruz wrong? The guy made his own decision-—he went queer.

[steve86]

Who the hell cares what a CEO does in his spare time!

People who care when G_d is offended.

[randomhero97]

This post my friends is why democrats keep winning election after election.

Jesus Christ himself wouldn't be a pure enough candidate for some of you.