ICYMI: National Organization for Marriage Endorses Cruz

TedCruz.org ^ | 12/11/15

[Isara]

HOUSTON, Texas – The National Organization for Marriage, one of the most active groups defending traditional marriage in state legislatures, Congress, and the courts, has endorsed Ted Cruz for President. Cruz, a supporter of NOM's Presidential Marriage Pledge, has a strong and proven record of standing up for religious liberty and the right of states to decide the definition of marriage.

"Sen. Ted Cruz is a proven champion for marriage and religious freedom and someone we can absolutely count on to fight to restore marriage to our nation’s laws and defend the religious liberty of the tens of millions of Americans who believe that marriage is the union of one man and one woman,” said Brian Brown, NOM’s president. “Sen. Cruz has not only signed NOM’s presidential marriage pledge committing to take specific actions as president, but he has personally authored the pending federal marriage amendment to restore the right of states to define marriage as one man/one woman. Moreover, he has spoken out consistently and forcefully on the campaign trail as an advocate of true marriage. We are pleased to endorse him and will do everything in our power to support his election.”

"I am thrilled to have the support of the National Organization for Marriage," said Cruz. "They are a staunch defender of traditional marriage and religious liberty, and a critical voice in protecting our rights. It is encouraging that conservatives are continuing to coalesce around my campaign: fiscal, national security, and social conservatives absolutely must unite if we are going to win this election and take back the country. I am proud to stand with NOM and look forward to their help in our campaign."

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[Isara]

[FourPeas]

[plain talk]

Makes sense. I guess if it the National Organization for Marriages they might endorse Trump

[Amendment10]

Thank you for referencing that article Isara. Please bear in mind that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

Here is evidence of Cruzs constitutional marriage amendment.

S.J.Res. 12: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the ... ... Constitution of the United States relative to marriage.

Note that Cruzs proposed marriage amendment does not prohibit gay marriage (corrections welcome). The two things that it does do is this. It would protect against pro-gay activist justices by reinforcing 10th Amendment-protected state power for each state to decide yes or no to things like gay marriage. (I wish that we did not have to reinforce the 10th Amendment on any issue.)

Another thing the amendment would do is to effectively put marriage out of the reach of Congress so that corrupt, vote-hungry politicians cannot use the Full Faith and Credit Clause (4.1) to force states to recognize gay marriage from other states.

The problem that I have with Cruzs proposal for an amendment that protects one man, one woman marriage it that it has evidently been sitting in the the Senates in-box since April 23, 2015.