Cruz told Mefferd that “we are seeing an assault on religious liberty
from Washington that is unprecedented,” citing a number of his favorite
cases of people supposedly being persecuted by running afoul of state
or local nondiscrimination policies, almost none of which have stemmed from the federal government.
Claiming that “these threats are growing and growing,” Cruz said that
“much of this persecution is the fruit of the Supreme Court’s
disastrous gay marriage ruling last year” — never mind that every single
one of the incidents he referenced happened before the ruling and were in no way connected to it.
Cruz declared that it was “very sad” that some of his rivals for the
GOP presidential nomination called the Obergefell ruling “settled law,”
which is, he said, why anti-gay leaders have flocked to endorse him.
“I believe that decision was fundamentally illegitimate, it was
lawless, it was unconstitutional and it will not stand,” he said. “And I
would note, that is precisely why Dr. James Dobson has endorsed me in
this campaign, it is why Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council has
endorsed me in this campaign, it’s why the National Organization on
Marriage [sic] has endorsed me on this campaign and has said it cannot
support Donald Trump or Marco Rubio because if we’re not willing to
defend marriage, we are giving up the foundational building blocks of
the family, we’re giving up the Judeo-Christian values that built this
great nation.”
Cruz: 'Disastrous' Marriage Equality Ruling Led To 'Persecution' That's 'Unprecedented' | Right Wing Watch
Welcome to H&C,,, where I aggregate news of interest. Primary topics include abuse with "the church", LGBTQI+ issues, cults - including anti-vaxxers, and the Dominionist and Theocratic movements. Also of concern is the anti-science movement with interest in those that promote garbage like homeopathy, chiropractic and the like. I am an atheist and anti-theist who believes religious mythos must be die and a strong supporter of SOCAS.
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