Ted Cruz Violates The First Amendment With Anti-Gay Marriage Senate Bill

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Ted Cruz Violates The First Amendment With Anti-Gay Marriage Senate Bill

The Constitution’s framers spent a reasonable amount of time debating on how the young nation should be governed, and they were intelligent enough to put in place basic, and frankly quite simple to comprehend, statutes that would stand the test of time and ensure the “general welfare of the people” is of paramount importance. Conservatives have not quite figured out the basic rights enumerated in the Constitution apply to all Americans equally, and embrace absurd interpretations that serve their bastardized vision of America the Founders never imagined. For example, free speech is fine and dandy for hatemongers like Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson, Rush Limbaugh, and Sarah Palin, but speech is restricted for Americans who condemn hate-inspired “free speech,” or if they verbalize their objection to state-imposed religious edicts; then it is a violation of the hatemongers’ religious freedom.

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Full article here: http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/15/ted-cruz-violates-amendment-anti-gay-marriage-senate-bill.html

p.s. Be sure to read the whole thing all the way to the end

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[Scootaloo]

1. Wouldn't defending marriage equality be a defense of the 1st amendment?

It's freedom of association, folks.

So then Cruz is violating the 1st amendment on one hand - asking the state to grant law on basis of religion - so that he may further violate the 1st amendment by abridging freedom of association.

I never getthese people. Why is your personal lord and savior apparently so concerned about everyone else's romantic life?

[sheshe2]

2. Have they ever bothered to READ the Constitution..

or for that matter, the Bible! In a word no!

There is a clause in the U.S. Constitution found in Article VI, paragraph 3 that states, “The Senators and Representatives, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” It is time that clause is amended with a requirement that “no candidate is qualified to serve in any office or public trust under the United States if they intend to impose their religion on the people by making laws respecting the establishment of a religion.” If nothing else, it will protect the work of the Founding Fathers, protect America’s democracy from a Christian theocracy, define the Constitution as the law of the land, and clear out most Republicans from Congress and state legislatures.

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/15/ted-cruz-violates-amendment-anti-gay-marriage-senate-bill.html

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