It's stuff like this that made the Founding Fathers separate Church & State

[kpete]

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https://twitter.com/EricWolfson/status/580486951326904321
http://disaffectedanditfeelssogood.blogspot.com/

[yortsed snacilbuper]

1. I hope his new Obama care account includes,

mental health help!

[Warpy]

2. I'd like to see him say that to a lot of my patients over the years

What a smug little ass he is.

[jwirr]

3. Bastardized Calvinism at its worst.

[MerryBlooms]

7. +100% rec!

[Hekate]

12. Well spotted. nt

[Journeyman]

4. Not at all. It had far more to do with impressed financial support for State established worship. . .

There have been nut cases from the beginning -- Whitefield's "Great Awakening" (which was aided and facilitated by B. Franklin) -- but what truly galled men like Jefferson was the financial support of institutions to which they were adamantly opposed.

The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786), precursor to the First Amendment:

Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.

When enacted, the Statute disestablished the Church of England in Virginia and guaranteed freedom of religion to all religious faiths, even the Catholics and Jews.

[Scuba]

5. It's the Republican healthcare plan. If you're sick, it's your own fault, so fuck you.

[mountain grammy]

17. That's exactly it...

[appalachiablue]

29. Precisely. You caused it-

[Vincardog]

6. Who does he "curse" with being Pasty faced idiots?

[yuiyoshida]

8. Does that mean less hospitals for common people under his administration?

Sounds like he would rather have people pray, than call 911.

[Enthusiast]

15. He thinks we can pray ourselves into good heath. We won't need health care then!

[procon]

9. If he believed that BS, why did he sign up for the ACA? NT

[smirkymonkey]

25. Good point! LOL.

What a flaming hypocrite! Of course his fundy freak followers are way too stupid to pick up on it. We just need to keep calling him out.

[Mariana]

28. Maybe that's an admission

that he is immoral and not righteous.

[Rex]

10. Ted Cruz is garbage.

Pure garbage.

[anotojefiremnesuka]

11. Well Ted without religion there would be less stupid ignorant fuck wits in the world

[valerief]

13. Remind me again why this clown signed up for Obamacare. nt

[Enthusiast]

14. Cruz imagines himself to be the new Reagan.

[appalachiablue]

30. and new McCarthy-

[TNNurse]

16. I am sure he could identify the sin that caused my cancer.

A parent of some infant with cancer or some other serious illness needs to teach him just how wrong he is. How dare he?? This really calls for a direct act of God. Where is His wrath when someone like this needs it so badly?

[Lars39]

20. It's infuriating, isn't it.

Like sin caused my breast cancer. My MIL has come pretty damn close to stating this to me before.

[Enthusiast]

33. It is infuriating.

Stupid can be infuriating. Who knew?

[mountain grammy]

18. He is really delusional.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

19. God,

protect me from your followers!

[Zorra]

21. So says the voice of a diseased mind. nt

[cyberswede]

22. Someone cursed us with that asshole, that's for sure.

[awoke_in_2003]

23. I wish I had enough money to emigrate...

if I must be subjected to idiot politicians, I would much rather do it will living on the coast of southern France or Italy.

[hifiguy]

24. Thomas Jefferson would kick his ass so hard

he'd have to take his shirt off to take a dump for a year.

[beam me up scottie]

26. Then why does he (or his family) need health insurance?

Faith healing should be enough for such righteous folks.

[MisterP]

27. there's an -ism for that!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providentialism
technically 1A was so none of the states would kick up a fuss, but that's mostly important because I RPed Gouverneur Morris in 8th grade

[Major Hogwash]

31. Which is why Cruz got Obamacare, to hedge his bet!!

Ol' Teddy isn't really all that confident that gawd doesn't consider him immoral!!

[Oktober]

32. I have tried to source this quote...

... and am coming up blank.

Is there any reference from a non-partisan site?

I can certainly imagine that nutter saying something like that though.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. I suspect he didn't say it at CPAC 2015 - not in this transcript from C-SPAN

http://www.c-span.org/video/?324557-11/senator-ted-cruz-remarks-cpac

It seems more like the kind of thing his lunatic dad says, though the precise quote turns up nowhere for anyone, before Cruz declared his candidacy a few days ago.

[Oktober]

38. Shame...

Would have made good facebook fodder...

[Yorktown]

34. Ted Cruz would garantee a Democrat win. nt.

[Jenoch]

36. My comment has nothing to do with

Red Cruz, but the fiunding fathers never put 'separation of church and state' in the U.S. Constitution.

[spanone]

37. one. scary. fuck.