I was hoping that he would have drawn a bigger crowd...but nonetheless, I watched the rally and thought he was great and very sincere. Cruz's warning should not be taken lightly and I thought he handled the "hecklers" in the crowd very well.
Cruz warns of ‘war on faith’ at religious freedom rallyDES MOINES, Iowa – Over 2,500 people gathered at the Iowa Events Center here Friday night to rally for religious liberty – a fundamental right that the evening’s host, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, warned was in jeopardy.
“There is a war on faith in America today, in our lifetime,” the Republican presidential candidate told the crowd. “Did we ever imagine that in the land of the free and home of the brave, we would be witnessing our government persecute its citizens for their faith?”
The event was briefly interrupted by a group of immigration activists, who were promptly escorted out to the angry chants of “USA, USA.”
Cruz, one of the staunchest critics of undocumented immigrants in the crowded GOP field, deftly turned the brief protest into an opportunity to once again express his fidelity to the Constitution. “I respect your First Amendment rights,” Cruz told the protesters...
...Cruz moderated a panel with Dick and Betty Odgaard, an Iowa couple who was sued for refusing to host a same-sex couple’s wedding at their venue, Görtz Haus Gallery, which used to be a church. The couple agreed to a settlement, but decided to stop hosting weddings altogether to avoid any more litigation. Earlier this year, the Odgaards announced they were going out of business.
“We had worked for 13-and-a-half years to build this business and we lived there six days a week. So it was very difficult to close the doors and walk away,” Betty Odgaard said.
Other speakers included a Washington State florist, who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex couple’s wedding; an Atlanta fire chief, who was fired after distributing a self-published book that espoused anti-gay views; and the wife of a Christian pastor, currently imprisoned in Iran.
“On my first day of office, I will instruct the Department of Justice and the IRS and every federal agency that the persecution of religious liberty ends today,” said Cruz to massive applause....
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/ted-cruz-warns-war-faith-religious-freedom-rally
