TED CRUZ - I STAND WITH KIM DAVIS

TED CRUZ - I STAND WITH KIM DAVIS

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0:00 well what happened today is an outrage it is fundamentally wrong for the first 0:04 time we're seeing a Christian woman thrown in jail for standing up for her 0:09 faith I'll tell you I stand with Kim Davis unequivocally I stand with her and 0:13 anyone else that the government is trying to persecute for standing up for 0:17 their faith in this is fundamentally wrong and it's inconsistent with the 0:22 first amendment of the Constitution we are a nation 0:26 that was formed by people fleeing religious oppression and coming to seek 0:31 a land where we could worship free the government getting in the way and and it 0:34 is stunning 0:37 what is happening here cares what good does that the other side says that was 0:44 gonna say sorry for the other site says that she she can exercise her faith but 0:52 she can't she shouldn't be in this role her job is to issue marriage licenses so 0:57 it's an impossibility she can't just not issue them now that they're legal well 1:04 but that's fundamentally wrong the consequence of that statement that 1:08 standard is that Christians can hold public office or if they do they must be 1:13 willing to violate their faith or go to jail 1:16 that is not America that is not how this country works and let me point out to 1:21 all the politicians both both Democrats and Republicans who are studying that if 1:26 miss Davis doesn't doesn't want to follow this lawless judicial decree from 1:30 the supreme court that she should resign her office will we're having those 1:35 voices been calling for the mayor of San Francisco to resign who is declared San 1:41 Francisco a sanctuary city defying immigration laws American citizens have 1:45 been murdered by violent criminal illegal aliens because of the mayor's 1:49 violation of the law or where those voices calling for President Obama to 1:55 resign for six and a half years he has defied the law immigration law he has 2:00 defied welfare reform laws he defied his own Obamacare when the mayor of San 2:06 Francisco and President Obama resign then we can talk about Kim Davis White 2:11 House today and said no public official is above the law and yet you know you 2:15 had people online saying well what about the Attorney General of California who 2:18 is allowed the sanctuary city of San Francisco to stand unchallenged and so 2:21 on and yet let me let me ask you this because you know one of the most 2:25 persuasive 2:26 I think her detractors have the kentucky is that she was apparently offered 2:33 according to The New York Times the chance to just have her deputies do it 2:36 she wouldn't have to do it now would have to be under her authority should 2:39 have to allow them and the deputies were prepared to do it to issue licenses and 2:44 she said noting that so what are they supposed to do what are what are 2:47 same-sex couples supposed to do if you've got you know the head clerk 2:52 saying no one can do it because of my religious beliefs but maybe that's not 2:59 right under Kentucky law number one her name would be on it regardless and she 3:02 saying it's inconsistent with her faith to put her name to it to being part of 3:07 this now I would point out that under Kentucky law individuals can go in any 3:12 other county and and and and get married but beyond that listen this decision 3:17 from the Supreme Court on marriage was fundamentally illegitimate Chief Justice 3:22 Roberts observed in dissent quite powerfully this is not connected to the 3:27 Constitution this is not from the constitution and justice scalia let me 3:30 let me observe every Buehler recommend for every one of your viewers to read 3:35 justice scalia's powerful descent where he predicted this marriage decision was 3:40 so lawless was so much judicial activism that state and local officials could be 3:46 expected to defy that's what justice scalia said now all the commentators are 3:50 saying they're shocked that she's doing exactly what justice scalia said it's 3:55 not the job as Justice Scalia said 05 unelected lawyers to be the rulers of 4:01 three hundred and twenty million americans and then the claim 4:04 illegitimately the authority to strike down the marriage laws of all fifty 4:08 states that is lawless right now that is the law of the land and kim davis sits 4:14 in a jail for an undetermined amount of time senator crews thank you tonight 4:18 good to see you thank you make a great to be with you