Sen. Ted Cruz rallies religious freedom activists at the Supreme Court in support of Hobby Lobby

Washington Examiner ^ | MARCH 25, 2014 AT 2:13 PM | Charlie Spiering

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, surprised freezing religious freedom activists who had spent the morning rallying in support of Hobby Lobby's Supreme Court appeal.

"God bless you for being here today!" Cruz said Tuesday, after wading into the crowd and stepping up to the podium.

Activists cheered Cruz's arrival after spending several hours standing in the snow in front of the court during oral arguments inside.

"Thank you for being here in this beautiful weather from God," Cruz added as the crowd laughed.

Cruz reminded activists that the United States was founded by people who fled religious oppression and enshrined religious freedom in the Constitution.

"There is a reason why the first protection in the Bill of Rights was the right to religious freedom," he said.

Cruz pointed out that the Obama administration had given Obamacare exemptions to powerful special interests, but refused to exempt people of faith from the contraception mandate.

"And yet the position of this administration is that people of faith do not deserve an exemption, people of faith do not have a right to practice their faith," he said.

Cruz explained to pro-choice protestors at the Supreme Court that the case had nothing to do with their individual right to use birth control.

"No one is doubting that any person, if they choose to use contraceptives can do so. This is not about that," he said. "This is about the federal government, whether they can force people of faith to violate their own faith by paying for something that is contrary to the dictates and teachings of their faith."

Cruz pointed out that the administration was litigating against the Little Sisters of the Poor, who are facing fines for not complying with the individual mandate.

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	"If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures." - Alexander Hamilton "We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all." -- President Ronald Reagan "A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice." - Thomas Paine 1792 "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." - Samuel Adams "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams

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Ted Cruz Ping!

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[icwhatudo]

I’m liking this guy more and more.

Walker/Cruz 2016

(Because the VP nominee is the attack dog and Cruz is the man!)

[skeeter]

I heard the baby-eating ghouls on the SCOTUS gave the Hobby Lobby lawyers a hard time today.

I hope the courts other members end up slapping the leftist tyrants down.

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[SoConPubbie]

Switch the order around and I just might agree with you.

Walker is soft on the Amnesty issue.

[icwhatudo]

Ouch-dd not know about walker on immigration. Will research more-thx!

[jimsin]

Super Man Ted Cruz

TED CRUZ:

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I’d hate to be the Republican primary opponent or Democrat nominee that would have to debate Cruz. He’ll eat their heart out, defecate it, and hand it back to his opponent.

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The only incongruous item in this picture are the pearl earrings.

[RS_Rider]

That’s the ugliest Nazi I’ve ever seen, hands down!

[SoConPubbie]

Ouch-dd not know about walker on immigration. Will research more-thx!

Granted, there is not much to go on, except a recorded interview from a local paper, which he then tried to walk back right away:

YouTube Link: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in his own words, endorses a path to citizenship for Illegal Aliens in July of this year.

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