Every day on his knees
Religion must never be free and voluntary; atheism must never be a viable option. On your knees, peasants.
Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that he believes anyone who wants to be president must fear God and pray daily.
Speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, Cruz joined other GOP presidential candidates for a discussion about the persecution of Christians in the U.S. and around the world. After some very extreme, very weird comments about homosexuality, right-wing pastor Kevin Swanson introduced Cruz to the stage to ask him how important it was for candidates to submit to Jesus Christ as “the king of the President of the United States.”
“Any president who doesn’t begin every day on his knees isn’t fit to be commander-in-chief of this country,” responded Cruz.
You have to be a man, first of all, and then you have to grovel on the floor first thing in the morning, declaring your submission to an imaginary god, in order to be in charge of the US military.
I suppose it’s very wrong of me to expect people who want to be president to make efforts to be reasonable and grownup and decent.
https://www.facebook.com/144310995587370/photos/a.271728576178944.71555.144310995587370/1073191429365984/?l=713450a21f
To clarify things for anyone who hasn’t heard of him and didn’t follow the links: Kevin Swanson believes that gay people should be put to death.
Three Republican candidates for President of the United States–Cruz, Huckabee, and Jindal–attended this “National Religious Liberties Conference” organized by Swanson.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2015/11/09/swanson-god-will-destroy-us-for-harry-potter/
“……..want to be president to make efforts to be reasonable and grownup and decent.”
Or rational.
Last night, Rachel Maddow showed not just a short clip of Swanson’s rant, but several minutes. I’d heard of him and his demands that gays be rounded up and executed, but I had never seen video of him. “Manic” doesn’t do that performance justice. “Manic on meth” gets close. That three nationally known GOP pols took the stage after it is frightening.
Ye gods.
And don’t forget, President Donald Trump will MAKE us all say “Merry Christmas.”
Personally, I’m more conservative than anybody on the GOP ticket, I won’t follow any Commander in Chief who doesn’t consult the sacred chickens.
Stagmancer,
If astrology was good enough for Saint Ronald, it’s good enough for me!