Posted on 06/30/2015 3:11:10 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Republican Texas Senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz spoke to TODAY's Savannah Guthrie on Monday about the latest Supreme Court rulings in an appearance Monday to discuss his new book, "A Time For Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America."
When asked by Guthrie about his comments that the court rulings upholding the health care law and making same-sex marriage legal was "a dark day for America," Cruz said that a majority of the Supreme Court justices, whom he called "5 unelected lawyers...violated their judicial oaths." Cruz thinks it should be up to the states to vote for gay marriage laws.
Cruz said he would support a Texas state clerk that refused to marry a gay couple on religious grounds, even though gay marriage was just ruled legal nationwide by the Supreme Court. "Religious liberty is right at the foundation of our country," said Cruz.
Cruz also defended his views to support a constitutional amendment that would subject Supreme Court justices to "retention elections." When Guthrie asked him why he would support changing something the nation's founders did not intend, Cruz said the Supreme Court had become politicized. "The elites on the court look at most of the country as flyover country," he said.
No one has the stones to do anything about it. I wish it were different, but they will skate.
While I’m a Cruz supporter Paul came closer to what I think the answer should be. The government has no right to be in the “marriage” business at all. The only reason you need a license is so they can tax and regulate “marriage.” The ceremony should be left to the Church and in the eyes of God not stamped on a piece of paper. Of course the Church (and I’m using this in the general sense not a particular “church”)should have the right based on freedom of religion to deny marrying anyone that doesn’t follow their teachings.
That sort of thing is inevitable when you are 'appointed for life' and you have a congress led by 0Boehner and Mitchie McConnell, where there's absolutely no chance of impeachment.
The problem is, Congress is violating their oath as well by not initiating articles of impeachment. As long as Boehner and McConnell have the reins, expect that dereliction of duty to continue.
Precisely. IF the GOPe had ANY backbone at all they would impeach them .....
I won’t hold my breath on that one
Yes, they are. We don’t just have a rogue judiciary, we have a rogue government.
Every last bit of it.
I have to be honest and say that i really do not see a viable solution to any of this very sadly.
I don’t think that any candidate is going to save this country from its fate.
All we can do is pray for Mercy and try to elect someone who at least knows he has to have God’s Wisdom to lead.
Yes indeed.
No kidding.
We also have a nation of reprobates and profligates. The media and the education establishment have destroyed the character of the populace. Even if we were to elect Ted Cruz, have an article 5 convention put term limits on the judiciary and legislators, secure the borders, shut down the EPA, the IRS and the NSA, we would still be a nation filled with fornicators, infanticide loving feminists, social justice racists and entitlement claiming sloths.
The following message us from John Adams Message from to the Officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Militia of Massacusetts
Gentleman, While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she continues sincere, and incapable of insidious and impious policy, we shall have the strongest reason to rejoice in the local destination assigned us by Providence. But should the people of America once become capable of that deep simulation towards one another, and towards foreign nations, which assumes the language of justice and moderation while it is practising iniquity and extravagance, and displays I have received from Major-General Hull and Brigadier, General Walker your unanimous address from Lexington, animated with a martial spirit, and expressed with a military dignity becoming your character and the memorable plains on which it was adopted. in the most captivating manner the charming pictures of candor, frankness, and sincerity, while it is rioting in rapine and insolence, this country will be the most miserable habitation in the world; because we have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, • would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
We are not a moral and religious people, we have squandered our blessings of liberty and despised providence. Baring repentance, America is over and done. I weep not for the america but for last best hope of liberty on Earth. May a new hope rise from her ashes to light the way for humanity once again.
I could not agree more if I tried.
America is utterly corrupt.
In Lies We Trust.
This is a doomed ship.
Speak for yourself, loser. And get the hell out of here - by your own admission, there's no point for you to post on FR. You've generalized your personal impotence and cluelessness to the whole country and given up, thanks for sharing. Now, LEAVE.
Sadly, you spoke truth...America has lost her way.
America is utterly corrupt.
In Lies We Trust.
This is a doomed ship.
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See my post #32 and apply it to yourself as well, tool.
You too - jam my post #32 sideways, shill.
Bingo.
I don’t give a damn sh!t about anything you post.
That was eloquent. Do you clap your flippers and balance a ball on your noise for an encore?
LOL, flop back to DU, shill!
Piss off.
[[ven if we were to elect Ted Cruz, have an article 5 convention put term limits on the judiciary and legislators, secure the borders, shut down the EPA, the IRS and the NSA, we would still be a nation filled with fornicators, infanticide loving feminists, social justice racists and entitlement claiming sloths. ]]
NOT if we IMPEACHED thje worthless SC judges that need impeaching and replaced wthem with OBJECTIVE judges who would then OVERTURN abortion, overturn HC law, overturn gsay marriage, by UPHOLDING law instead of creating law out of thin air that doesn’;t even agree with the FACTS-
This would send a VERY powerful message to the left that their party days are OVER!
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