Texas Senator Ted Cruz has warned that gay marriage will lead to
hate speech laws against Christians.
The 42-year-old Cruz, a tea party Republican, made his remarks
during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network's (CBN)
David Brody.
“If you look at other nations that have gone down the road
towards gay marriage, that's the next step of where it gets
enforced,” Cruz told Brody. “It gets enforced against Christian
pastors who decline to perform gay marriages, who speak out and
preach biblical truths on marriage. That has been defined elsewhere
as hate speech, as inconsistent with the enlightened view of
government. I think there is no doubt that the advocates who are
driving this effort in the United States want to see us end up in
that same place.” (The video is embedded on this page. Visit
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Cruz, who spoke to roughly 800 pastors at an Iowa event urging
Christian leaders to speak out on the issues, also said that America
is doomed without “spiritual revival.”
“If we keep going down this path, we're risking losing our
nation; we're risking losing the incredible oasis of liberty,” he
told Brody.