Time for me to play Devil’s Advocate
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JB, here’s my reply to the Devil; in no particular order:
1. Don’t tug on Superman’s cape, don’t spit into the wind, don’t pull the mask off the ol Lone Ranger- and don’t argue the Law with Ted Cruz.
Sen. Cruz won 5 out of 9 cases before the Supreme Court- He knows the Law.
2. Rand Paul blew any chance he had when he endorsed the quintessential Washington insider, McConnell. One can’t claim to be Mr. Outside, when in bed with Mr. Inside.
3. You state that Rand Paul made some misinformed and reactionary statement as to the Civil Rights Act, then, beaten and humiliated, he was forced to retract his ill conceived meanderings in order to preserve his candidacy.
Well, watch and learn. Sen. Cruz has set forth a constitutional position that asserts that - forcing a business to act against its religious beliefs is a violation of the 1st amendment. Unlike Paul, Sen. Cruz will not back down. Unlike Paul, Sen. Cruz will argue law and facts, to demonstrate that his constitutional interpretation is just and proper.
Get thee behind me, Satin! Come to Cruz, see the Light!
(Of course, Jack Black, these comments are not directed at you, but are directed to whom you claim to be the advocate.)
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But you are still dodging the main issue: "Freedom of Religion" has not been a useful argument in support of not serving people in a public business since 1964.
Respectfully it doesn't take a Harvard Law degree (Obama has one of those, doesn't he?) to know that.
Cruz has not explained why some religions not wanting to serve gays is in any way different than other religions not wanting to serve blacks.
Can you explain it? It's not a trick question. Cruz has not successfully done so, to date.