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Cruz Recording About Gay Marriage Could Cause Him Political Heartburn
popherald.com ^ | DECEMBER 24

Posted on 12/23/2015 8:22:19 PM PST by Helicondelta

In the conversation with the donor, Cruz was asked if gay marriage was a top-three priority for him and he said it wasn't.

In a recording provided to POLITICO, Cruz answers a flat "No" when asked whether fighting gay marriage is a "top-three priority", an answer that pleased his socially moderate hosts but could surprise some of his evangelical backers. By late summer, she said, the River Valley Teenage Republicans were a grassroots advocacy group working to put Cruz over the top.

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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

Great article.


41 posted on 12/23/2015 9:12:48 PM PST by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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To: Helicondelta

42 posted on 12/23/2015 9:15:30 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: sickoflibs; Helicondelta
Oh, it will really hurt Cruz - after all, Helicondelta's personal hero Donald Trump has been a strong voice for traditional marriage . . . right? No?

Well, maybe he'll get around to it. He's got another hundred or so issues he needs to flipflop on first.

43 posted on 12/23/2015 9:16:18 PM PST by wideawake
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To: AndyTheBear

Barring a Constitutional Amendment on the subject, which is extremely unlikely to succeed at present, there is little that can be done on gay marriage without appointing a Contitutionalist to the SCOTUS to replace one of the older liberal Justices (Breyer, Ginsburg, Kennedy).


44 posted on 12/23/2015 9:16:33 PM PST by ConservativeTeen (Proud Right Wing Extremist)
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To: Hugin

To me it’s not a top three issue, but how it was enacted (judicial dictatorship) is. Ditto abortion. Others may feel differently, but that’s my take.

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Agreed, I put that under freedom.

Other important things are
Constitution
Economy


45 posted on 12/23/2015 9:17:04 PM PST by Chickensoup (speechless)
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To: The Final Harvest
Terrorism and the Economy strike me as much more important than gay marriage.

Then there's Rampant Schlonging.

46 posted on 12/23/2015 10:07:39 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (I shot Schroedinger's cat with Chekhov's gun.)
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To: SunLakesJeff

Others use sites to base posts that are just as bad.


47 posted on 12/23/2015 10:10:40 PM PST by Lumper20 ( clown in Chief has own Gov employees Gestapo)
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To: Jeff Chandler; Lumper20

Rampant Schlonging.

Potential New Addition to Vernacular
48 posted on 12/23/2015 10:15:56 PM PST by SunLakesJeff (Life)
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To: Helicondelta
Typical liberal dirty tricks where he's very much taken out of context.

Cruz's approach to gay marriage is very much the conservative/constitutionalist argument where the 10th Amendment and the laboratory of the states matter.

49 posted on 12/23/2015 10:22:00 PM PST by NYRepublican72 (Democrats -- it's always someone else's fault.)
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To: Helicondelta; Jim Robinson

Helicondelta, How many times today are you going to post variations on the same article over and over again?


50 posted on 12/23/2015 10:25:26 PM PST by dschapin
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To: Helicondelta

Cruz us right. The federal government should stay out of the marriage business. As a matter of fact, all governments should stay out of the marriage business. And any church with a true belief in the Words of God, must not perform gay marriages. Let those who commit abominable acts suffer the wages of sin without acknowledgement or tolerance.


51 posted on 12/23/2015 11:13:33 PM PST by Jukeman (God help us for we are deeper in trouble.)
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To: wideawake; Helicondelta; Fundamentally Fair; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; Impy; stephenjohnbanker; ...
RE:”Oh, it will really hurt Cruz - after all, Helicondelta’s personal hero Donald Trump has been a strong voice for traditional marriage . . . right? No?
Well, maybe he'll get around to it. He's got another hundred or so issues he needs to flipflop on first.”

Sounds like Cruz is hiding behind the US constitution to protect gay marriage, ( based only on this thread above.)

We all know that Trump promised us an exec order imposing a death penalty on cop killers,
just as he can repeal gay marriage with one.

We just need to believe that Trump will do this even though he never said he would.

Fortunately a Trump-ista Helicondelta pointed this out to us.

Cruz supporters all need to go to Trump. Trump has no limits. He can make anything happen. We just don't know what that anything will be. But who cares? He kick butts.

52 posted on 12/24/2015 12:02:42 AM PST by sickoflibs (Donald Trump : 'It will be wonderful. It will be glorious., You will be amazed, Just wait"')
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To: Helicondelta

I accept gay marriage as fait accompli.

I don’t accept the lack of freedom for those who oppose it in regards to freedom of speech, religion.

People should be able to object to participation in it and not lose their jobs because of their views on gay marriage.


53 posted on 12/24/2015 12:18:55 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Chickensoup

to take your post a step further if he say made that issue 1,2 or 3 then the story would be Cruz doesn’t care about one of them enough. Maybe immigration thus boosting the false Rubio claims. Just another gotcha question from a mentally and morally bankrupt media.


54 posted on 12/24/2015 1:02:45 AM PST by wiggen (#JeSuisCharlie)
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To: TheConservator

Anti Cruz trolls are welcome at FR these days.


55 posted on 12/24/2015 3:42:29 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: PROCON

I had one post their first post in 11 years to me yesterday to a 7 month old thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3290193/posts?page=16#16


56 posted on 12/24/2015 3:46:47 AM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Jim from C-Town
Not much a President can do about it at this point is there

He or she can set a tone that gay "marriage" is reprehensible and that his administration will set a tone that elevates real marriage as the norm. Nothing in that comment even mentioned normal marriage as society's desired norm.

Ted's makin' promises and giving assurances to elicit donations. This isn't the first time.

57 posted on 12/24/2015 3:49:17 AM PST by grania
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past

This thread isn’t about Donald Trump.


58 posted on 12/24/2015 3:50:16 AM PST by grania
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To: Nextrush

Your answer is much better than the one Cruz gave.


59 posted on 12/24/2015 3:53:38 AM PST by grania
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To: PROCON; cripplecreek
We seem to have an anti-Cruz slur troll among us.

There's alot of that going around. Embedded sleeper trolls and fresh ones coming out of the woodwork. Just another election cycle phenom.

60 posted on 12/24/2015 3:57:12 AM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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