Jul 23, 2015

TED CRUZ MONTAGE - SAME SEX WEDDINGS - PLANNED PARENTHOOD - SANCTUARY CITIES

Ted Cruz talks with Dick & Betty Odgaard of Grimes, Iowa, who were forced to close their faith-based wedding business after Iowa passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage.

RALLY FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

https://www.tedcruz.org/rsvp/rally/ 

Rally for Religious Liberty
Friday, August 21st
Iowa Events Center
Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center
Grand Ballroom
730 3rd St
Des Moines, IA 50309

5:30 pm Doors Open
6:30 pm Program Starts

Ted Cruz 2016 Religious Liberty

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on here withDick & Betty Odgaard of Grimes, Iowa

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we're talking about their incredible journey fighting to defend religious

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liberty not tell you they can betty inspire me

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him and I am thrilled to have the chance to share their story mom

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so tell us about this this church where

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when did you open it up to host lakes and 2008

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2008 right we have beautiful weddings it here for quite a few years and they're

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just gorgeous in here you can see the ambiance and I guess you sort of

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naturally have

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flower business would become that think part of it and then

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catering the reception we will do dinner food as well

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yes no and then in 2009

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the Iowa law changed to include same-sex

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winning I saw a man in August

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2013 on these two gentlemen came and

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and dick was the one who had it delivered the bad news

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and they they left we didn't know very

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next day I was on a Sunday

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we got the news that they were going to probably see the my guess they filed a

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complaint

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the day after yet rock up

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course that went viral it was devastating to hear that

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we were they get we were homophobe so your haters

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room the also declined to allow this church that your own

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yes to be later they were hosted by a horny wedding that's contrary to raise

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I just keep thinkin don't know why how can they be calling

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all these horrible hoping when they don't know what then are hard we have no

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page which were gay were gay people say you had been

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for a number of years hosting weddings in this is torture

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and as a result

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this litigation proceedings you stop posting any weddings all

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right really didn't have a choice for yeah that have been

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white people and as a result that we were

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the businesses declined every week is Kat supports over and it within

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by the end of August will be shutting their doors good

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in his per in Anderson

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well you know tell your country was founded

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by people who risked everything a religious leader

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free the government getting in the way and and i wanna thank both have you

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number one for taking a stand

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but number two telling your story

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well your story his power

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on your stories inspirational inspires me and inspires millions and believers

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believers cement pastes across this country good

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who want to live in a land where we're free to live out

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according to our fayed and our convictions and it's not

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second-guessed by the government stepping in saying we don't share your

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faith

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for and we're gonna shut you down me and you could do that with respect for all

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Absolom readers care and

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were we hope we can do is I'm try to change the course

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that as best we can in the years we have worked well

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thank thank you for your courage ok thank you for your conviction

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so might have been like getting yup

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should