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In Leaked Audio, Ted Cruz Says Fighting Gay Marriage Not A 'Top-Three' Priority
newsweek.com ^ | 12/23/15

Posted on 12/23/2015 7:56:05 AM PST by Helicondelta

Asked by a Republican gay-rights supporter at a Madison Avenue fundraiser in New York if a Ted Cruz administration would make fighting gay marriage a top priority, the candidate's reply was succinct: "No." Audio of the event, which took place in December, was obtained by Politico's Mike Allen

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: misleadingexcerpt; misleadingheadline
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To: Helicondelta

Gotta love the media push to see what they can get to stick to Cruz when all they really do is prove how much GOPe doesn’t understand its base, states rights, conservatism or the US Constitution.

Of course Cruz is right that SSM is a state, not federal, issue.

Of course Cruz is right because Cruz is actually a conservative.

Of course Cruz is right because Cruz actually understands the US Constitution reserves such power to the states not SCOTUS.

Of course the MSM and GOPe will think this is a problem.

Of course we’ll see multiple articles at FR because...see above.


41 posted on 12/23/2015 8:24:26 AM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: cripplecreek

And the chimps applaud.


42 posted on 12/23/2015 8:25:15 AM PST by FourPeas (Tone matters.)
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To: Helicondelta

I agree with that.

My top 3 would be

Abortion
Terrorism
Immigration

Those do not require an immediate replacement of scotus justices


43 posted on 12/23/2015 8:26:24 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support the troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Helicondelta
Misleading headline and excerpt. By defending the Constitution, Cruz is indeed fighting gay marriage, just as he is also fighting abortion, since his defense of First Amendment religious liberty and Tenth Amendment states' rights means that he is against the SCOTUS's unconstitutional decisions of Roe v. Wade (1973) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015).
44 posted on 12/23/2015 8:33:04 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep, and no one wants to deal with that mess.


45 posted on 12/23/2015 8:35:22 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: Helicondelta

ISIS, Jobs, 2nd Amendment, Budget, Taxes, National Security, Eliminating Departments,

man, I can think of a dozen things that should be in the Top Three.


46 posted on 12/23/2015 8:39:08 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Rubio not voting on OmniSpend is RINO for 'smart'.)
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To: Helicondelta

Until we have an Article V Convention and an amendment is passed allowing states to overturn a SCOTUS verdict, I’m not really sure what can be done about it.

The fact that we have a rogue court more troubling and far more dangerous than this particular ruling IMO.


47 posted on 12/23/2015 8:42:27 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Helicondelta

Go TRUMP !!!


48 posted on 12/23/2015 8:48:13 AM PST by jennychase
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To: Helicondelta
In Leaked Audio, Ted Cruz Says Fighting Gay Marriage Not A 'Top-Three' Priority
Trolling for gay donors? Or was the whole "I stand with Kim Davis" just another Cruz lie?

Was he lying then or is he lying now? Now that he's admitted to a lie, we don't know when he's not lying.

49 posted on 12/23/2015 8:49:01 AM PST by lewislynn ( You know you're a Muslim if everything offends you.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Triage is an apt analogy.


50 posted on 12/23/2015 8:50:36 AM PST by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: ScottinVA

Terrorism, gun rights and stopping the illegal invasion are more urgent issues.


51 posted on 12/23/2015 8:52:34 AM PST by CyberAnt ("The fields are white unto Harvest")
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To: Theodore R.

well we got Scalia and Clarence Thomas. I trust Cruz in that regard more than anyone else running.


52 posted on 12/23/2015 8:54:17 AM PST by plain talk
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To: Yosemitest

Wow, I guess Islam is blessed because they are tough on Homosexuals.


53 posted on 12/23/2015 8:54:38 AM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Helicondelta

It’s not for me either. I’m still strongly against it and so is Cruz. Nice try, libs.


54 posted on 12/23/2015 8:57:46 AM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Helicondelta

Acceptance of gay marriage is a moral issue.

Only when public perception and attitude is strong enough can lawmakers legislate right and wrong.

Our society is a cesspool. Laws can’t mend hearts.


55 posted on 12/23/2015 9:05:14 AM PST by Jedidah
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To: Helicondelta

I frankly don’t expect any politician to make it a priority. It’s a testament to what a depraved, morally rotted populace we now have, which is a fact I can no longer argue against.

And as long as the sick, evil degeneracy of faggot-marriage is legally recognizied and culturally celebrated with any kind of legitimacy in this country, America itself can truly go burn in hell, as far as I care.


56 posted on 12/23/2015 9:11:57 AM PST by greene66
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To: Helicondelta

Amazing...the MSM is already creating fictional hit pieces about Cruz..the power brokers are starting to soil their Depends!


57 posted on 12/23/2015 9:12:07 AM PST by HoosierWordsmith
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To: Dilbert San Diego

“...the Supreme Court has ruled.”

Let THEM enforce it = no ‘political capital’ (I detest that term. What a cheap way to weasel out of enforcing and adhering to the Constitution) required.


58 posted on 12/23/2015 9:23:48 AM PST by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Helicondelta

Nope, Homosexual marriage is way down on my list also. Restoring Constitutional government, putting people back to work, and rolling back any and everything progressive Obamascare at the top are the top priority.


59 posted on 12/23/2015 9:24:18 AM PST by WilliamRobert (Cruz 2016)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Balkanized Chaos. Sounds like a death-metal band from Scandinavia.

Say, didn't a certain President with a passion for cigars (so to speak) bomb the Balkans on behalf of some mooslimes so they would love us and not kill us?

Just axing.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH US ALL !!!

60 posted on 12/23/2015 9:26:40 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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