It was a religious liberty conference, not a “kill the gays” conference. Did you watch the video? Swanson is speaking about being able to recite what the Bible says without fear of being hauled in on charges of hate speech, which is in fact happening in other countries. I admire his passion for freedom. Folks may be uncomfortable with the fact that under Moses homosexuality was indeed a capital offense. But Swanson and any other believer has a right to say that because it is what the Bible teaches on the subject, in the context of God’s law for the nation Israel.
Obviously, a thorough teaching of Scripture will not stop there but take us into the New Testament teaching that we are still obligated to obey God above all others and so these things are still sin, whether a civil government condemns them or not, but also that we have no permission to be vigilantes and must subject ourselves to the civil authority as far as possible, and even more importantly that God can redeem anyone, no matter how bad their sins may be.
So the passion you’re seeing in the video is about the freedom to teach what the Bible teaches. That’s a good thing and Ted can and should get behind any effort to defend such freedom. Ted’s got a good grasp of federalism. Religious liberty is one thing a President can really get behind. Becoming a private morality cop for the individual states is not part of the job description. I’d like that in a president.
Peace,
SR
Ted Cruz HAS the charm of Barry Goldwater, the ethics of Richard Nixon, the backbone of Mitt Romney and GOPe connections of Jeb Bush.