Sep 4, 2015
TED CRUZ - I STAND WITH KIM DAVIS
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well what happened today is an outrage it is fundamentally wrong
for the first
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time we're seeing a Christian woman thrown in jail for standing up
for her
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faith I'll tell you I stand with Kim Davis unequivocally I stand
with her and
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anyone else that the government is trying to persecute for standing
up for
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their faith in this is fundamentally wrong and it's inconsistent
with the
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first amendment of the Constitution we are a nation
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that was formed by people fleeing religious oppression and coming
to seek
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a land where we could worship free the government getting in the
way and and it
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what is happening here cares what good does that the other side
says that was
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gonna say sorry for the other site says that she she can exercise
her faith but
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she can't she shouldn't be in this role her job is to issue
marriage licenses so
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it's an impossibility she can't just not issue them now that
they're legal well
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but that's fundamentally wrong the consequence of that statement
that
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standard is that Christians can hold public office or if they do
they must be
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willing to violate their faith or go to jail
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that is not America that is not how this country works and let me
point out to
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all the politicians both both Democrats and Republicans who are
studying that if
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miss Davis doesn't doesn't want to follow this lawless judicial
decree from
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the supreme court that she should resign her office will we're
having those
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voices been calling for the mayor of San Francisco to resign who is
declared San
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Francisco a sanctuary city defying immigration laws American
citizens have
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been murdered by violent criminal illegal aliens because of the
mayor's
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violation of the law or where those voices calling for President
Obama to
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resign for six and a half years he has defied the law immigration
law he has
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defied welfare reform laws he defied his own Obamacare when the
mayor of San
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Francisco and President Obama resign then we can talk about Kim
Davis White
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House today and said no public official is above the law and yet
you know you
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had people online saying well what about the Attorney General of
California who
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is allowed the sanctuary city of San Francisco to stand
unchallenged and so
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on and yet let me let me ask you this because you know one of the
most
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I think her detractors have the kentucky is that she was apparently
offered
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according to The New York Times the chance to just have her
deputies do it
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she wouldn't have to do it now would have to be under her authority
should
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have to allow them and the deputies were prepared to do it to issue
licenses and
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she said noting that so what are they supposed to do what are what
are
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same-sex couples supposed to do if you've got you know the head
clerk
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saying no one can do it because of my religious beliefs but maybe
that's not
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right under Kentucky law number one her name would be on it
regardless and she
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saying it's inconsistent with her faith to put her name to it to
being part of
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this now I would point out that under Kentucky law individuals can
go in any
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other county and and and and get married but beyond that listen
this decision
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from the Supreme Court on marriage was fundamentally illegitimate
Chief Justice
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Roberts observed in dissent quite powerfully this is not connected
to the
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Constitution this is not from the constitution and justice scalia
let me
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let me observe every Buehler recommend for every one of your
viewers to read
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justice scalia's powerful descent where he predicted this marriage
decision was
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so lawless was so much judicial activism that state and local
officials could be
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expected to defy that's what justice scalia said now all the
commentators are
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saying they're shocked that she's doing exactly what justice scalia
said it's
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not the job as Justice Scalia said 05 unelected lawyers to be the
rulers of
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three hundred and twenty million americans and then the claim
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illegitimately the authority to strike down the marriage laws of
all fifty
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states that is lawless right now that is the law of the land and
kim davis sits
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in a jail for an undetermined amount of time senator crews thank
you tonight
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good to see you thank you make a great to be with you