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Tag Archives: Rafael Cruz

Senator Lois Kolkhorst Casts Herself as Victim in Bathroom Bill Battle

“I believe in my heart that we must put safety and dignity ahead of social engineering that is disguised as civil rights,” SB 6 author says.

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Fri, Mar 17, 2017 |

“I believe in my heart that we must put safety and dignity ahead of social engineering that is disguised as civil rights,” SB 6 author says....Read More

Ted Cruz

by David R. Brockman

The Radical Theology That Could Make Religious Freedom a Thing of the Past

Even devout Christians should fear these influential leaders' refusal to separate church and state.

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Thu, Jun 2, 2016 |

Dominion theology explicitly rejects the United States' venerable separation of church and state, and Dan Patrick and the gang like it that way....Read More

Tom Mechler

by David R. Brockman

Church and State Stay Cozy at Texas GOP Convention

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Fri, May 13, 2016 |

A Founding Fathers quote you won't find at the #RPT16: religion and government "will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."...Read More

Rafael Cruz

by Cindy Casares

Ted Cruz’s Daddy Issues

Tue, Dec 24, 2013 |

Most Texans probably didn’t realize that when they elected Ted Cruz to the U.S. Senate, they were getting his dad thrown in at no extra cost....Read More

Louie Gohmert

by Forrest Wilder

WTF Friday: God Ordains the Death Penalty!

Fri, Nov 8, 2013 |

In this week's WTF Friday, Rafael Cruz consults Genesis on the death penalty, Louie Gohmert takes on Obamacare and Barry Smitherman unveils his anti-poverty pla...Read More

by Forrest Wilder

WTF Friday: The Alamo Falls to the U.N.

Fri, Nov 1, 2013 |

In this week's WTF Friday, we learn that Hans Blix, Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali and a phalanx of blue-helmeted U.N. troops are going to do what Santa Anna could not...Read More

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