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Ted Cruz: An Atheist 'Isn't Fit To Be' President
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that he believes anyone who wants to be president must fear God and pray daily.
Speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, Cruz joined other GOP presidential candidates for a discussion about the persecution of Christians in the U.S. and around the world. After some very extreme, very weird comments about homosexuality, right-wing pastor Kevin Swanson introduced Cruz to the stage to ask him how important it was for candidates to submit to Jesus Christ as "the king of the President of the United States."
"Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief of this country," responded Cruz.
Christianity has long been a part of Cruz's political identity. Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Cruz has been a regular feature at conservative Christian gatherings and on radio programs, where he's repeatedly taken on "radical atheists and liberals," whom he's accused of trying to strip religion out of the public sphere. His father, Rafael Cruz, is an evangelical pastor who has attracted controversy over the past few years with scathing anti-gay sermons and attacks on "Kenyan socialist" President Barack Obama.
As atheist blogger Hemant Mehta points out, Cruz stops short of explicitly suggesting that nonbelievers -- or simply those who don't pray every morning -- should be barred from holding public office. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, also running for the GOP presidential nomination, however, appeared to run afoul of the Constitution's language against a "religious test" for public office earlier this year, when he said that a Muslim couldn't be president because of their faith.
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Ted Cruz: An Atheist '''Isn'''t Fit To Be''' President
(Ok..I didn't see a thread in the MSM forums or main political one)
Perhaps he's chagrined that Carson has been soaking up the evangelical vote?
Anyway, I'm willing to bet those who speak of a "War on Christianity" aren't likely to deem this part of a "War on Atheism".
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that he believes anyone who wants to be president must fear God and pray daily.
Speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, Cruz joined other GOP presidential candidates for a discussion about the persecution of Christians in the U.S. and around the world. After some very extreme, very weird comments about homosexuality, right-wing pastor Kevin Swanson introduced Cruz to the stage to ask him how important it was for candidates to submit to Jesus Christ as "the king of the President of the United States."
"Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief of this country," responded Cruz.
Christianity has long been a part of Cruz's political identity. Since his election to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Cruz has been a regular feature at conservative Christian gatherings and on radio programs, where he's repeatedly taken on "radical atheists and liberals," whom he's accused of trying to strip religion out of the public sphere. His father, Rafael Cruz, is an evangelical pastor who has attracted controversy over the past few years with scathing anti-gay sermons and attacks on "Kenyan socialist" President Barack Obama.
As atheist blogger Hemant Mehta points out, Cruz stops short of explicitly suggesting that nonbelievers -- or simply those who don't pray every morning -- should be barred from holding public office. Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, also running for the GOP presidential nomination, however, appeared to run afoul of the Constitution's language against a "religious test" for public office earlier this year, when he said that a Muslim couldn't be president because of their faith.
[continues]
Ted Cruz: An Atheist '''Isn'''t Fit To Be''' President
(Ok..I didn't see a thread in the MSM forums or main political one)
Perhaps he's chagrined that Carson has been soaking up the evangelical vote?
Anyway, I'm willing to bet those who speak of a "War on Christianity" aren't likely to deem this part of a "War on Atheism".
