Sen. Ted Cruz and actress Ellen Page locked horns in Iowa Friday, jousting over the issue of protecting religious liberty from gay rights activists.
According to the Daily Caller, Page was on location for a Vice Media project when she asked the conservative GOP presidential candidate, "what about the question about LGBT people being fired for being gay-trans?"
"Well, what we’re seeing right now, we’re seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted for living according to their faith," Cruz answered.
"You’re discriminating against LGBT people… Would you use that argument in segregation?" Page pressed.
Cruz argues Christian business owners are being asked to violate their beliefs by providing services to those seeking same-sex weddings, the Wall Street Journal notes, while Page, who's made public that she is a lesbian, counters that similar arguments once were used to deny services to racial minorities.
According to the Des Moines Register, Page also asked Cruz about the persecution gays and lesbians face in other countries. And Cruz – apparently unaware he was arguing with the "Juno" and "Inception" actress – countered there was no moral equivalency between instances in Jamaica with those in the Middle East, where Islamic terrorists have persecuted Christians.
The Register posted that part of the encounter:
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These looney liberals only see their way or the highway.....
ReplyDeleteTolerance and acceptance is a two-way street!
Can't wait till we get the opportunity to vote these lunatics out to the unemployment lines!
I cannot for the life of me see how people dont have other things to worry about than gay people; harm by religion is another issue.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to wrestle with her!
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