Ted Cruz: One More Liberal Supreme Court Justice Will Lead to the Imprisonment of Christians

[KamaAina]

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/03/08/ted-cruz-one-more-liberal-supreme-court-justice-will-lead-to-the-imprisonment-of-christians/

Explaining his case for himself, Cruz issued a dire warning about what might happen without a Cruz presidency. Naturally, it involves Christian persecution, because the gubment’s going to throw Christians in prison if Cruz isn’t there to save ‘Merika from a liberal justice sitting on the Supreme Court. (And, before you ask, no, Donald Trump can’t save us. He’s disqualified for using the ‘c’ word: compromise)....

We are one liberal justice away from the Supreme Court ordering Ten Commandments monuments torn down all over this country. We are one liberal justice away from the Supreme Court erasing the Second Amendment from the Bill of Rights.

We are one liberal justice away from the Supreme Court ordering veteran’s memorials torn down if they have any religious symbols — torn down all over this country.

And we are one liberal justice away from the Supreme Court making us subject to the World Court and the United Nations and international law and giving away US sovereignty.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Mr. Melted Goalie Mask never disappoints, does he?

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. I've been trying to figure out what the hell that fugly face looks like.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

24. the Muppet Newsman

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Newsman

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. Nahhhh

Too good looking!

[Archae]

40. Joe McCarthy

[BlancheSplanchnik]

41. Yeah

With some additional decomposition. Yeccch

[kiri]

44. the face of God?

Heidi Cruz said that her husband is "the face of God." I never imagined that God was so ugly.

[Roland99]

88. ^^ THIS ^^

[world wide wally]

2. Such a fucking drama queen

[AgadorSparticus]

74. Exactly! Couldn't have said it better. Nt

[BBG]

77. This

made me laugh out loud

[virtualobserver]

3. How could a person even be considered a serious candidate after saying something that ridiculous?

Our news media is so incredibly worthless.......mexicans are rapists....christians will be imprisoned...
you can say anything and yet they will still interview you with a straight face.

[nxylas]

85. He knows his base

He speaks for members of privileged groups who are angry about living in a more equal society. It's outrageous to them that being a white, male, heterosexual Christian no longer automatically places them at the top of the heap, with everyone else competing for the scraps.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. If indeed there is a God,

He or she will never allow this IDIOT WACKO FUCKWIT anywhere near the Presidency of the United States of America.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. If there was a god who acted independently, outside of us...

It would have picked him up by that deformed face and thrown him into a lion pride's litter box area already.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Wow,more of the

persecution card being played by the Rethugs. Hey dummy,it is called separation of Church and State,especially your brand of Hatred. And people wonder why the Churches are in major decline,maybe thinking people have had enough.

[dem in texas]

6. Ted Cruz Scares Me

He is the one who will be putting people in prison if they don't share his beliefs. He wants to bomb until the ground glows in the Middle East. No mention of all the innocent people who would be killed- if this were to happen.

[dmr]

7. He frightens me the most, too.

He puts his religion before his oath of office. I remember when those same Christians were concerned that John Kennedy would put his religion before his oath; like the Pope would be co-president.

It would probably be the same today. Hypocrites.

[Ilsa]

68. A conservative friend asked me what I thought

of Cruz. I honestly told her that his Dominionist beliefs scared me to death, and I think we'd be at war with half the planet if he was elected.

Today Thom Hartmann talked about Cruz's dad's beliefs that Ted is to become "king", not president, so he can establish their religion exclusively.

They are the ones most likely to persecute anyone believing differently or not at all.

[Dont call me Shirley]

8. Ted uses his delusion to contort reality into twisty shapes.

[Kber]

9. What - no Lions?

[BuelahWitch]

10. Yep, not really persecution, IMO, without lions

[MisterP]

27. please don't give Trump any ideas

[kiri]

43. So many fake Christians, so few lions. Oy vey!

[AlbertCat]

53. So many fake Christians

Cruz and his ilk are Christians.... no doubt about it. Nothing is fake.

[dembotoz]

66. so that is why mega tron retired

[Warren DeMontague]

11. I NEED A BOGEL FOR THE GLOTCH

[BlancheSplanchnik]

39. That old man just took your spork...

haaaahhhhhnnnn...hernnk...hurrr......

[Rex]

48. .

[ScreamingMeemie]

61. Every time I've seen his face (and we see it a lot here)

I think of that line.

[Warren DeMontague]

62. That whole thing is perfect, especially the sort of "mmmm-hhhhnnnnn-hhhh" noises

It's completely his vibe.

[ScreamingMeemie]

63. It really is! And his wife's lines crack me up.

She totally looks like she doesn't want to kiss him.

[Warren DeMontague]

64. There is REALLY something profoundly repulsive about the guy.

You want to feel bad for her.

[ScreamingMeemie]

65. That is exactly where my head is at. The kids, I am terrified for.

[DhhD]

97. Recently, Cruz used them in an Ad to do the lying for him.

[DavidDvorkin]

12. That would be a very good thing

Because ending the War on Drugs will result in empty cells and a loss for the prison industry.

Problem solved.

[SheilaT]

56. Hmmm. I was going to post something about why in the world

are Christians so eager to be persecuted, but I think your take on this makes much more sense. See, they really are thinking ahead and know that jobs are very important, especially jobs in the prison industry.

And here's a little factoid: In New Mexico, there's such a shortage of prison staff that most of them are working at least 60 hours a week. One of the prisons here has only 49% of the staff it needs. Those lucky devils get to work 72 hours a week. Time and a half when you only make $13 to $14 an hour really does add up. And yes, that's what this great state pays those people.

[DavidDvorkin]

58. There are different types of imprisonment, as we can see.

[Person 2713]

13. Hey Cruz Go blow your nose you fear raising freak

[rladdi]

14. Just hoping Ted Cruz will be no 1 on the list. He will destroy this nation,

[Johonny]

15. The only solution is to live under Fundie Law where a rich Christian can do whatever they want

and everyone else is forced to live by their strict bat-shit religious standards that they will not keep and have no intention of keeping.

I fear the American Taliban more than Trump by a wide margin.

[Locrian]

18. I agree

I think Cruz is WW3. In war game type scenarios, it's the authoritarian mixed with the fundamentalist view who are the absolutely most dangerous.

Trump is an authoritarian - but his only "god" is himself (and probably to a less extent money)

[KamaAina]

19. Oh, come on. Drumpf knows Two Corinthians backwards and forwards.

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Come back when you want to talk sense, Senator

Man, does that kind of nonsense hurt my brain.

[Zambero]

17. An example of religion as a manifestation of mental illness

Some people believe actually this shit, and lap it up when they hear it. A fragile mental state coupled with emotion over reason is a sure "winner" for people like Cruz. He knows who his targets are.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

20. So many xtians, so few Lions!

[wiggs]

23. Of course, jails are already full of christians! Less than 1% are atheists, less than 1%

are muslim, a little more than 1% Jewish, a little more than 1% Mormon. So because whatever dem is elected in November and because dems are more likely to pursue criminal justice reform...IT IS MUCH MORE LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER CHRISTIANS IN JAIL THAN IF A REPUBLICAN IS ELECTED.

According to 538....and stats sound like they pertain to federal prison.

[Albertoo]

25. Cruz needs to take a rest

at some institution with padded rooms and nice, smiling staff dressed in white.

[ChazInAz]

70. Like his hero.

Tailgunner Joe wound up spending his last days howling in a padded cell, dying slowly of his alcoholism.
I have a sneaking suspicion that Cruz might meet a similar fate, judging by his current behavior.

[SummerSnow]

26. Don't trust the booger eater

[Nitram]

28. Can you spell D-E-M-A-G-O-G-U-E?

[PufPuf23]

72. B-O-O-G-E-R E-A-T-E-R.

I am glad I made the conscious decision to never watch that clip.

Cruz is really repulsive at the gut level.

[AgadorSparticus]

75. I couldn't watch the whole thing. It was too much.

[immoderate]

29. The thought of her appointing a justice that would imprison Christians, might make me reconsider

a Hillary candidacy.

--imm

[HughBeaumont]

30. Ah yes.

Considering the 2.5 BILLION adherents worldwide and 70% of American citizens identifying as Christian, I can see how one would be worried about that inevitability.

[Jarqui]

31. Too late, Ted

About 10% of Americans are atheists

between .07 and .2% of those in Federal prisons are atheists

So a disproportionate number of prisoners believe in God, Ted.

And Ted, the Supreme Court that has overseen that result is led by conservatives - not liberal democrats.

It appears atheists are more likely to follow the 10 commandments than Christians ... or maybe smarter to not get caught when they don't!!

So Ted, if you're really concerned about this, you should back Obama's nominee and see that it comes to a vote!!

[KamaAina]

32. There are active efforts to convert prisoners to both Christianity and Islam

Our old buddy Chuck Colson is leading the charge on the Christian side. Boxing champ Bernard Hopkins is an example of someone who converted to Islam in prison.

[Jarqui]

35. I'm sure it doesn't hurt their parole efforts if they say "I've found God" nt

I just can't stand Cruz.

I didn't like Ford but he was better than Nixon. I didn't want Reagan but I didn't hate him. I actually didn't mind George HW - certainly didn't hate him.

Bush Jr, I started to get into trouble with deeply not being able to stand him. John McCain, I didn't think was capable of being president, but there were likable parts to him during his maverick days. Romney was a slimy weasel - no getting around that.

But these two: Trump and Cruz, there is no winning with either of them. One is so narcissistic and infatuated with himself, I suspect the Oval Office will be lined with mirrors and the country will be an afterthought. Cruz has something wrong with him - he's a psycho or something - a header as the Irish used to say. Makes me wonder if all candidates should have to pass some sort of psych test. I know a lot of people feel that way about guns - why not the guy with his finger on the nuclear button? These guys are a little nuts.

I've been critical of Hillary but no way is she as bad as those guys. Hopefully, if she gets the nomination, the rest of the country sees it that way. The alternative is frightening.

[Vinca]

33. Imagine the profits for Ted's private, for-profit prison buddies when 80% of the population

is imprisoned for being Christians. It's a shame they're so persecuted, but what a money maker!

[maddiemom]

47. "Christians" truly feel that they're being perscuted---

every time someone expresses a view different from theirs on all those touchy subjects that they worry so much about. You can't just agree to disagree, you must share their beliefs, or they feel persecuted. Kind of scary to imagine how they'd treat dissenters if they had the power to make the rules.

[lark]

34. How stupid!

No wonder Rafael hasn't caught on, he's almost as big of a buffoon as Trump. Either one of these fools won't win the presidency, no way. Now, the Kochs could steal the election for the R, but would even they bother to spend all that $$ for Cruz when he would be the cause of so many Repugs losing downstream?

[elleng]

36. OK, Hands behind your back, Canadian!!!

[Scalded Nun]

37. That boil on the ass on humanity never fails to disappoint. eom

[Initech]

42. Fundies love to play the persecution card don't they?

[maddiemom]

45. Projection---I'm truly afraid!

What he has in mind for liberal policies.

[mac56]

46. C'mon, leave him alone. He doesn't understand US government

being Canadian, after all.

[senz]

49. Fear and hatred are his message. Jesus condemned both.

[AlbertCat]

50. Wait a moment!

Aren't there lots of Christians already imprisoned?

[PatrickforO]

51. No it won't. What kind of talk is that?

I WOULD go with 'one more conservative justice and we'll be jailing Muslims,' though.

Sadly.

[Sam_Fields]

52. Too Late! Ronald Reagan imprisoned Christian televanglists Jim Bakker

[oldandhappy]

54. Over active imagination!

I am more afraid of Cruz than Trump. Cruz is vicious.

[ShrimpPoboy]

57. I'm coming around to agreeing with you about this.

I think trump is going to swing hard to the middle in the GE and would end up governing (god forbid) like a moderate. Cruz, on the other hand, really believes this stuff. The latter is more dangerous IMO.

[WinkyDink]

55. That's some world-class paranoia right there!

[ReasonableToo]

59. If by that he means the Christian domestic terrorists that commit crimes...

I say - please do.

[JHB]

60. How can a man who craps in his pants so easily and often...

...still be so full of shit?

[blackspade]

67. What a stupid fuck....

Along with anyone that votes for him.

[LiberalElite]

69. He projecteth too much-

all this is more likely that HE will impose imprisonment and loss of rights upon everyone who isn't his type of "Christian." And we could have Ten Commandment monuments all over the place while he makes this country into a "Christian" theocracy.

[Action_Patrol]

71. Cruz is Stephen King's 'Dead Zone' realized.

[PufPuf23]

73. Sobering that Cruz could be elected Senator Texas and many Americans vote for Cruz to

become POTUS.

Cruz is scary than Trump.

[liberalfromaustin21]

76. Cruz is just out of his mind

Just like the rest of the GOP. Their defeat this November can't come soon enough.

[YOHABLO]

78. Well he's just an apple from the same tree. Papa Cruz crazy as bat shit too.

Cruz is smart enough to know how this resonates with Christian Evangelicals. That crowd is gullible enough to believe this crap. Such a sorry state of affairs we have in this country.

[Rex]

79. To pretend liberals are not able to be Christians makes us sound like vermin.

So I guess Cruz can be Hitler and Trump can be Mussolini.

[LannyDeVaney]

81. You win. Your subject is the perfect, PERFECT argument against Cruz. Thank you.

I am NOT vermin.

[Rex]

82. Me either.

I am sick of being treated like I have no chance to redemption or something better if I hope for it. The man disgusts me slightly more than Trump. However in the way he disgusts me is more insulting personally then Trump. Trump is a clown side show. Cruz wants to remake American into his idea of a caliphate. He is bonkers and deadly.

[Jeb Bartlet]

80. Just another

asinine comment from a lunatic Dominionist zealot. Cruz and his ilk whine about "Christian persecution" in a country where 80% of the population is Christian and the laws are skewed to give Christians advantages in almost every area of society. Fuck Cruz and fuck his kind of ignorant whiney Christian turd.

[Blue Dalek]

96. Agreed! 100 % Correct!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

83. I didn't know Ted was a pedophile....

Oh,....not specifically Catholic.

[Turbineguy]

84. We have to be constantly reminded of the 10 commandments

for the same reason that the North Koreans have to be reminded of their dear leader.

[Nitram]

86. Gosh, just think what 3 more liberal supreme court justices will do!

Make churches that engage in political activity pay taxes? Refuse to give political organizations "non-profit charity" status? Overturn citizens United?!? Fully restore the Voting Rights Act?

[MariaThinks]

87. the lack of logic of the morons

if cruz wins, America will lose 20 iq points

[Kablooie]

89. That's no good. They should be thrown to lions, not prisons.

We need to respect their history.

[Orrex]

90. Finally a voice of reason

[JTFrog]

91. And one more conservative justice will lead to the imprisonment of everyone else.

Just sayin...

He couldn't be much more full of shit.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

92. Nobody AFAIK is spending time thinking of how to persecute Christians....

much less actually doing anything about it. There do, however, seem to be a LOT of "Christians" spending time not only thinking of how to persecute people they don't like (esp. LGBTs) but are actually doing something about it.

[Umbral18]

93. Funny, though, how cheap US Sovereignty is when there's a trade deal on the table. nt

[Duppers]

94. Had liberal courts in the past and...

How many "Christians" were imprisoned?

[valerief]

95. Teddy Bear, is that a promise? I sure hope so! nt

[LynnTTT]

98. Cruz will save the GOP?

For the life of me I cannot figure out why the Republicans think Cruz will save the election.. people actually like Trump and think he doesn't really believe what he has said. Cruz is soooo creepy and totally believe that he is ordained to save the USA.

[LiberalLovinLug]

99. The Socialists are coming, the Socialists are coming..