Pastor Rafael Cruz, the father of Texas Senator Ted Cruz, says
that socialism is behind the drive to legalize gay marriage.
Speaking over the weekend at The Family Leadership Summit in Ames,
Iowa, Cruz compared President Barack Obama to former Cuban leader
Fidel Castro.
“That same man [Castro] that had been talking about hope and
change, now was talking about how the rich were evil, how they
oppress the poor, and about the need to redistribute the wealth,”
Cruz said.
“Socialism requires that government becomes your God,” Cruz is
quoted by The
Des Moines Register as saying. “That's why they have to
destroy the concept of God. They have to destroy all loyalties
except loyalty to government. That's what's behind homosexual
marriage.”
The one-day event was sponsored by The Family Leader, Iowa's
leading opponent of marriage equality, and the National Organization
for Marriage (NOM), the nation's most vociferous opponent.
Cruz also attacked the Affordable Care Act, widely known as
“Obamacare.”
“Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by
even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic
circumstances,” he said. (A portion of Cruz's speech is embedded
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