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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is stunning

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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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persuasive

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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