Posted on 01/19/2016 10:40:17 AM PST by NKP_Vet
That was back in 2014, before a majority of the Supreme Court decreed that homosexual marriage is a constitutional right and that all states are prohibited from refusing to recognize it.
I wish that the Supreme Court had adopted Cruz’s position. Every state that put homosexual marriage on the ballot voted it down. It was only through the courts that homosexual marriage was imposed.
“Ted Cruz is one of the most conservative people in American politics. He just made a very important statement that you quoted, that you ran on the air, which he said if a state wants to have same-sex marriage, that’s okay,”
There are two separate concepts in that statement Cruz made.
Cruz affirms that:
1. gay marriage is a state issue
2. gay marriage is okay
Half of that belong to the New York values he slammed, and the other half is acceptable to the gays, because they know it is a pig in a poke.
Barney Frank was simply trying to "gild the perverted lilly," as it were, in his comment.
Same-sex marriage is, of course, an oxymoron. It is certainly not acceptable to rational people. But neither is your misrepresentation of the issue here. It is precisely because so few in Washington have defended the traditional separation of powers; so few have defended the retained sovereignty of the States, that we have devolved into the moral cesspool in America.
Cruz & Trump appear to offer the best hope of rallying Americans back to their heritage. These efforts to bring one or the other of them down, are totally counter-productive.
Thank you for pointing that out. Cruz has a personal opinion and then defers to the Constitution. Trump has flipped or flopped on this issue. A BIG difference.
Indeed it is. Trump has been an outspoken advocate for the gay lobby for at least 15 years.
Cruz’s position is about the CONSTITUTION, not GAY MARRIAGE.
Cruz is in favor of the Constitution ruling on law.
Personally, I’m pretty sure he opposes it. But not to the point that he would throw out the Constitution to enforce his objections.
That’s a “Constitutional Conservative”.
I disagree with Trump or anyone else that thinks it’s settled “law”. The Supreme Court does not make law. The Congress does. A Constitutional amendment is the way to go but the problem is we have a one party system now and the DemoRepubs love to cater to queers. Nothing will ever be done about queer “marriage”. Anthony Kennedy does not make law, but the worthless republicans led by weasel RINOs like Boehner, then Ryan and McConnell could care less about the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman. All are a bunch of immoral, wimpy, bastards. Makes no difference what party they belong to.
” Every state that put homosexual marriage on the ballot voted it down.”
Totally false, starting with *@$&&#”* liberals in my own state. Passed in the high 50s.
Which state?
Cruz and Rand Paul have never advocated for a Constitutional amendment. These so-called “states rights” politicians get it wrong on marriage. Until the day comes that the Constitution is amended to protect marriage this country will keep sinking deeper and deeper into the gutter. As far as I know only Huckabee and Santorum want a Constitutional amendment protecting marriage as one man and one woman.
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Score Rubio +1 for this:
^When you talk about immigration. Ted Cruz, you used to say you supported doubling the number of green cards, now you say you are against it. You used to support 500 percent increase in the number of guest workers, now against it. You used to support legalizing people here illegally. Now against it. You used to say you were in favor of birthright citizenship. Now you are against it. Not just on immigration, you used to support TPA, now you are against it. I saw you on the Senate floor flip your vote on crop insurance because they told you it would help you in Iowa. And last week we saw you flip the vote on Iowa for the same reason. That is not consistent conservatism. That is political calculation.^
SCOTUS ruled. Constitution says SCOTUS is the final word. Now we must suffer through it.
A constitutional amendment defining marriage won’t do what you think it will. It will just give us exactly what DOMA gave us: freedom for states to define marriage according to their own decision-making arrangements, without federal intervention. Many did this, despite DOMA.
DOMA also defined marriage for federal purposes.
That’s all an amendment would do, which is good. It could not be “struck down” by activist judges, and it reflects the will of the people.
The PEOPLE are the final word.
Only ONE state directly passed marriage redefinition: Maine.
The others merely repudiated marriage amendments, and then their legislators acted to enact "what was unnecessary by a constitutional amendment because it's already illegal."
You are confused. If people were the final word, abortions would be illegal and all the illegals would be deported.
I am 100% in agreement with this.
"I support the Constitution letting each state decide each marriage law consistent with the values of their citizens," Cruz said. "If the citizens of California decide they want to allow gay marriage, that's a decision for them."
Nowhere in any of that did Ted say gay marriage was OK. and for the record, the State of California rejected same-sex marriage. Twice. So Ted got it right. And you got caught lying about it.
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