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Opinions/Editorials Title: Rev. Cruz: If Gay Marriage is ‘Civil Right,’ Gov’t Will Force Pastors to Obey ‘Unjust’ Law or ‘Obey God and Face Prison’ If gay marriage is legally viewed as a “civil rights issue,” as may happen with the Supreme Court’s ruling on the subject in June, then it becomes a broader religious liberty concern, not just a marriage issue, said Reverend Rafael Cruz, adding that then pastors will have to choose between obeying an “unjust” law and obeying God and potentially going to prison.
Pastor Cruz, who is the father of Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), made his remarks during an interview with conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly on her radio program “Eagle Forum Live.” “We need to realize that the attack on marriage is more than just an attack on marriage, it actually goes to the heart of religious freedom,” said Pastor Cruz. “Because, you see, what is going to come next -- and this is part of the danger of what may happen out of the Supreme Court in June -- is that if marriage of anybody-with-anybody becomes a civil rights issue,” he said, “then they are going to come to churches and force pastors to violate their religious convictions.” “And so it is going to come to America to where a pastor is going to be faced with a decision: Do you obey a law that is not only unjust but violates your core principles, or do you obey God and face prison?” said Pastor Cruz. “This is the dilemma that America’s pastors are going to be facing, if this issue is labeled a civil rights issue,” he said. “It goes way beyond marriage to actually violate the religious freedom of people of faith.” In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether state bans on homosexual marriage are constitutional. Currently, same-sex marriage is legal in 37 states and illegal in 13 states. Rev. Rafael Cruz fought against the Communists in Cuba, was arrested there and tortured. He fled the island in 1957 at age 18. He eventually settled in Texas and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2005. His Dallas-based church also operates Christian ministries in Mexico and Central America. His wife, Eleanor Wilson Cruz, was born in Wilmington, Del. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 14. #2. To: out damned spot (#0) (Edited) Rev. Rafael Cruz fought against the Communists in Cuba, was arrested there and tortured. He fled the island in 1957 at age 18. He was arrested by Batista for being a communist. He was a well known pro-Castro activist in Austin Texas. Fidel Castro and the Father of US Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz![]() Rafael Cruz (center) holding a pro-Castro sign during a rally in Texas in January of 1959.
#5. To: hondo68 (#2) (Edited) Ok...now you're going full Alinsky? I suppose there are many questions about that k00k Daddy Ron that should now be associated with Rand? And *his* issues start loooong after the mid-20th century.
#7. To: Liberator, guerilla Cruz, out damned spot (#5) (Edited) “He was a guerilla, throwing Molotov cocktails and blowing up buildings,” Ted Cruz told the Austin American-Statesman for a profile published in January 2006. Facts are stubborn things, and Raffie Sr. was a guerilla in the Cuban revolution. Why bother trying to deny it, or lying that he was an anti-communist fighter? It's just not true. The kid pretty much had to choose between two crappy dictators, so there was really no hope of a good end, in Cuba.
#8. To: hondo68 (#7) Raffie Sr. was a guerilla in the Cuban revolution. Uhuh. And what happened after that?
#10. To: VxH, Grassy Knoll Cruz (#8) Uhuh. And what happened after that? Batista gave the commie subversive a student visa to get rid of him, and LBJ welcomed him as a dream student at UT-Austin. He was a pro-Castro student activist who graduated in '61, his student visa expired, and he took off to work in Canada. 50 years later in '05 he became a US citizen. Some newspaper articles from 1950's Texas, Cruz worshiping Fidel, etc... www.buzzfeed.com/andrewka...of-rafael-cruz#.hiLrJwmGO The Cruz Swiftboat Saga - is just begging to be written. Go for it!
#11. To: hondo68 (#10) He was a pro-Castro student activist
Was that before or after his sister was an anti-Castro activist? Does being anti-Batista make him pro-Castro?
#13. To: VxH (#11) Does being anti-Batista make him pro-Castro? You see him marching in the Castro parade pic above? July 26, 1953 - Castro attacks the Batista Army barracks, the start of the Cuban Communist Revolution. Cuba Libre. That's the 26 on the flag.
#14. To: hondo68 (#13) (Edited) What does the sign say? I can't read anything beyond "Batista's gang paved their way into the U.S...." IIRC, Castro was another revolutionary who, along with Ho Chi Mihn, was fond of quoting the American Declaration of Independence. Lots of folks got duped by the communists before they figured out what they were.
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