Ted Cruz goes ballistic over “radical” idea that gay people should enjoy equality

[DonViejo]

Will no one think of the bigots?

LUKE BRINKER

As I’ve written previously, Ted Cruz has cemented his status as the most rabidly anti-gay contender for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, claiming the hallowed ground once occupied by the likes of Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum. From condemning a non-discrimination ordinance in his hometown of Houston to crusading against marriage equality, Cruz has brought the full weight of his trademark demagoguery to bear in his valiant effort to ensure that gay people remain second-class citizens in this country. Naturally, then, he applauded the passage of an Indiana law that provides a legal shield to businesses and individuals who refuse services to gays.

Given that this is Ted Cruz we’re discussing, the Texas senator also vociferously fulminated against opponents of the measure, depicting them, like all who oppose Cruz’s political agenda, as loathers of liberty and threats to the republic.

Speaking in Iowa — site of the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, which are dominated by conservatives on the GOP side — Cruz slammed critics of the Indiana law on Wednesday, particularly the business interests that opposed it on economic grounds.

“Religious liberty is not some fringe view,” Cruz told an audience in Bankston. ”Sadly, a whole lot of Republicans are terrified of this issue.”

Cruz continued: ”The Fortune 500 is running shamelessly to endorse the radical gay marriage agenda over religious liberty to say: ‘We will persecute a Christian pastor, a Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi.’ Any person of faith is subject to persecution if they dare disagree, if their religious faith parts way from their political commitment to gay marriage.”

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http://www.salon.com/2015/04/02/ted_cruz_goes_ballistic_over_radical_idea_that_gay_people_should_enjoy_equality/

[ladjf]

1. Ted Cruz is a religious "Dominionist", plain and simple. nt

[LynneSin]

8. In my book I call that ASSHOLE

but that's just me

[joeybee12]

2. Fear and paranoia appeal to the Repuke base...

Teddy knows what he's doing, the evil bastard.

[Skidmore]

4. I agree.

He would be successful if he were more judicious but he's also truly in love with the sound of his own voice and it reverberates mightily in the little theatre of the absurd he has created for himself.

[joeybee12]

6. Delusional and incredibly egotistical...

He is actually very dangerous...I don't expect him to win, but to realize that he is the voice of far too many people is pretty frightening.

[underpants]

3. I wasn't a fan of The Flistones either so I just stopped watching it

Hey if they want to have "a gay old time" that's their business.

[Chipper Chat]

5. "Oh, Can-a-da....."

Won't you please take Ted Cruz back?

[LynneSin]

9. psst.... can you ask then to take Justin Bieber and Nickelback too

But we'll keep Rush!

[Daemonaquila]

7. Isn't Ted The Gasbag going "ballistic" a redundant statement?

Does he have any other mode? He's like the brat at the shopping mall who goes into the middle of the square to spin around and sing "LA-LA-LA-LA-LA!" over and over at the top of his lungs because he isn't getting enough attention.