““If there is no God, then we are ruled by our instincts,” said Rafael Cruz some time ago. “Of course, this leads us, when there are no moral absolutes, leads us to sexual immorality, leads us to sexual abuse, leads us to perversion, and, of course, no hope. No hope!” he also added. But, according to “his son, Tea-Party favorite and Texas Senator, Ted Cruz, Rafael Sr. was “misinterpreted.”
“Lies, all lies,” Ted Cruz told Newslo furiously, and added, “I could never understand what someone would gain by twisting the words of a poor old man.”
However, it would appear that Cruz Jr. is once again caught red-handed, trying to manipulate the public opinion. “Namely, the incident in question took place at an Oklahoma Second Amendment advocacy group in Earslboro, Oklahoma in 2013. Rafael Cruz spoke against secular humanism and atheism, claiming that “the belief systems are two of the main ills facing our society, that they lead to sexual abuse, sexual perversion and a complete loss of hope.”
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However, Cruz Sr. didn’t stop there. He added that “people following these two views should be rounded up and placed in special “camps” to keep them separated from the rest of America.”
His son recently spoke exclusively to Newslo and expressed his anger over the fact that “his father’s words were intentionally twisted for the purpose of hurting his [Ted Cruz’s] 2016 presidential run.”
“I can certainly see how someone could easily believe everything that was said about my dad, but the fact to the matter is that he’s an older gentleman and sometimes he slips up when he speaks emotionally. What he actually meant to say was that atheists should be rounded up for camping, not into camps. He meant this as a way to help those poor people find their way in religion on a camping trip, instead of aimlessly and ungratefully spending their days on God’s green earth,” Cruz explained.
He added: “I get angry when I see all kinds of headlines on the internet and press, claiming that my father said this and that; I just don’t get why people do such things to us. It’s the same with me and gay marriage – I’m not even going to comment on that.”
“An avowed creationist and an evangelical preacher in his time, who had claimed in the past that God endorses the death penalty, Cruz Sr. also spoke aloud about evolution being a communist trick aimed at converting people to atheism, that President Obama is a tyrant who needs to go back to Kenya, and that legalizing gay marriage will lead to preachers being arrested for hate speech just for reading the Bible.
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Maybe he meant ” Fishing ” too ?
Maybe he meant ” Fishing ” too ?
I couldn’t care less what Mr Cruz Sr said – ever heard of freedom of speech? He has a right to his opinion! What he did say about morality was right on anyway! We have lost our moral compass in America and that has done us great harm – anyone who denies that is moronic & pathetically lost!
Well yes atheists need to be separated from the rest of America, lest they suggest logic, reason and science, which will cause the downfall of America!
He has lots of backpedaling ahead of him. This is the tip of a very ignorant, bigoted iceberg.
They did this one other time. In Germany.
They did this one other time. In Germany.
You guys know that this is a satire page, right? Similar to The Onion….
How did this guy get voted into the Senate?
Thank god your bible doesn’t say, “Thou shall not lie” cause you just told one of the worst lies of your political career. You can try to put me in a camp but I guarantee you will not succeed. You can try to force your religion on me but it won’t have a chance of winning me over. And if you try to go with another inquisition, I will dedicate my life to stopping it. Christ has no place in this world if people like this are his spokesmen/women.
in regards to Atheism he says it, “…leads us to sexual immorality, leads us to sexual abuse, leads us to perversion.” How does he rationalize Priests molesting young boys?!?!
People this is satircal site. In this story alone there are only 2 paragraphs that by the authors on stanards are facts. This article is based On another Newslo article that over half of it was satire.
These guys here are making fun of you!
Rounded up for a camping trip??? What the hell??? Bwahahahahaha
Sounds just like Hitler ‘s view on things. Then the son trying to back-pedal ….. pathetic. My kids could do a better job at trying to cover something up. I’m an atheist. I have morals & I’m not a sexual deviant, nor am I a criminal. If you lack morals then you lack empathy. Not religion. ..
Also, nobody converts to atheism. … everyone is born an atheist. And the bible IS a hate speech. Against a lot of different groups of humans.
Obama go back to Kenya cruz go back to canada
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Rafael Cruz never suggested rounding up atheists and placing them in camps, or having them “go camping”, or anything like that. I thoroughly reviewed several of Cruz’s dad’s infamous speeches, and I couldn’t actually find him saying it, or anything similar. This Snopes article confirmed it. Now, would he consider a good idea? Well, he probably does.
http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/cruzcamp.asp
Ted cruz’s actual response was… nothing. Which is just as bad as defending it.
This is not a legitimate news story. The quotes attributed to Cruz are false. You people are rubes. Ever heard of the Onion? Well, this is a cheap knock-off!!
This is not a legitimate news story. The quotes attributed to Cruz are false. You people are rubes. Ever heard of the Onion? Well, this is a cheap knock-off!!
and yet all these godless european countries have less crime. by far. go figure
It is absolutely amazing to me how many people fall for this. And they are mostly Democrats who do. Which makes sense, since this entire “Satirical” site is only about slamming Republicans. Quick, look at all the links to the stories on the right. ALL REPUBLICANS. Why? Because the Democrats are writing this stuff as a scare tactic to keep the base voting Democrat for the rest of their lives. They know it will work, because they know that the majority of their base is going to eat this up as the Gospel truth simply because it is in print. Kind of a sad commentary, when you think about it.
People who say things clearly, and then need to have their words “interpreted” because they didn’t really mean what they said are essentially liars. If you didn’t mean it, don’t say it. Like it or not, words have meaning, and when you say you want to put people in camps we all know what that means.
As for the idea that secular humanists and atheists are inherently going to end up on the dark side I would respectfully disagree. The people who end up on the dark side are those who commit the acts, and then claim they’ve been forgiven by their imaginary friend. The innumerable Catholic priests who have abused children weren’t secular humanists or athiests, at least not openly so. The people, regardless of their religion, who go on a shooting rampage and claim their God told them to do it aren’t secular humanists or atheists, they are simply using their imaginary friend to justify their perverted actions and disregard for other humans.
Cruz senior claims that his son is the reborn Christ, apparently because his imaginary friend told him so. Well…my imaginary friend told me otherwise, so…I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree. However, my imginary friend doesn’t tell me to discriminate against people of different races, or religions, or because they are LGBTQ. My imginary friend isn’t a bigot, a racist, a hater, or anything like that. However, my friend, who honestly doesn’t seem to have a particular gender, does tell me to treat others as I would like to be treated, to accept others as they are, and do things that will make our world a better place. I’m sorry Raphael’s friend isn’t that nice.
Ted Cruz isn’t an apologist- he is an absolute lying evangelical who thinks he is anointed by God to say whatever he feels like. In general evangelicals whine and complain about having their rights infringed on. In reality the conservative Christians practice political activism and bigotry toward non- members, believers, all the while receiving tax exempt status.THIS IS WRONG – people need to actively and publicly resist them.