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Related: About this forumCruz calls on conservatives to defend religious freedom — at home and abroad
Two of the Republican Party's rising stars opened the Faith & Freedom Coalition's annual conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday by calling on social conservatives to rise up in their fight to defend religious freedom and family values from threats both at home and abroad.
"The idea that our federal government is going after our religious liberty now is just astonishing and heartbreaking," Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas told the crowd gathered at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. "No time in our nation's history have we seen threats like these to our religious liberty."
Cruz said he was "honored to defend" the display of the Ten Commandments on the Texas state Capitol grounds, the Pledge of Allegiance and a veterans memorial cross in the Mojave Desert. In all three cases, he said, "We went to the Supreme Court, and we won."
Cruz blasted the IRS for its targeting of the tea party and other conservative groups.
More at http://news.yahoo.com/cruz-faith-freedom-conference-184056130.html .
randys1
(16,286 posts)as a stepping stone in his greed for power.
This man who could not be further from a christian will promote hatred and violence against Gay people to further his agenda.
He should be treated as the raging terrorist he is...
But he wont be, he will be on TV and wear a nice suit and be famous and rich and comfortable.
While we struggle to survive.
Getting mad yet?
dballance
(5,756 posts)He and Palin are peas in a pod. They believe they've been anointed to become the religious rulers of this country.
if one has any doubts about separation of church and state then I will remind them to read the Treaty of Tripoli that was submitted to the Senate by none other than John Adams and unanimously ratified. It clearly states:
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Mohammedan] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Eat that you idiots in congress like Bachman, Palin, Ryan and others who believe we are a "Christian" nation. That's just not so. Real history refutes your claims.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,773 posts)dictate where mosques can be built, force prayer into public spaces, etc. Such projection.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)wants all of us to get in line and follow him.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)And especially your brand of it.