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Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:37 PM Jul 2013

Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Cruz division...

Far-right Senator Ted Cruz's father sure is making himself known in religious reich circles.
Now he's claiming the Founding Fathers were stupid, and couldn't write the Declaration and the Constitution until Cruz's imaginary guy with a beard up in the sky told them what to write.


We were aware that Sen. Ted Cruz's father, Rafael, has become something of a right-wing speaker in the wake of his son's election to the Senate, but we did not realize that the elder Cruz is a full-blown Religious Right until we watched the speech he delivered at a recent “America in Distress” rally where he spoke alongside the likes of Louie Gohmert, Rick Scarborough, and other Religious Right/Tea Party activists.

Cruz delivered a nearly twenty minute speech that was chock-full of standard Religious Right attacks on everything from abortion to the IRS all while he quoted Bible verses and called upon Christians to vote "for Christian principles, for biblical principles" in order "take every position and office from dog catcher all the way to the highest position in the land."

Cruz closed by declaring that "outside of the Bible," the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were the most important documents that had ever been written.

"And the reason is," Cruz explained, "they were written on the knees of the Framers. The Framers were seeking divine revelation from God, that's why the Declaration and the Constitution have lasted over 230 years because they were divine revelation from God":

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rafael-cruz-declaration-and-constitution-were-divine-revelation-god#sthash.oo07TXbJ.dpuf

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Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Cruz division... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2013 OP
The Founders simply forgot to mention their Christian God inspiration.... AZ Mike Jul 2013 #1
I think you mean NUT ... GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #2
Teabag Teddy's Cruzade for Christ Blue Owl Jul 2013 #3
Poppy helping his son to destroy the government, including the IRS restrictions for Cuba. DhhD Jul 2013 #4
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