re: Cruz once again exceeds expectations

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Only those self-proclaimed Christians who want special rights; special treatment of those special rights.

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Like what? Who are these Christians and what are these "special rights" you are talking about. I honestly have no clue what you are getting at.

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Only those self-proclaimed Christians who aren't satisfied with the rights the Constitution guarantees them and everyone else

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Again, be specific. What rights are these "special rights" you are talking about. I am a Christian, and I know the constitution gives me every right I would ever need when it comes to religion. What rights outside of the constitution are these so called Christians demanding? I think you have created a fake debate in your head.

I can tell you that the Constitution is not the problem. I can tell you that there is a problem with those folks who want to turn the phrase "Freedom of Religion"... which is not once even mentioned in the Constitution by the way... into "Freedom from Religion." There is no provision in the Constitution that states that some individual has the right to never see evidence of other people's faith. All of these people who act offended by seeing a cross are the ones who are asking for special rights that are no where in the constitution.

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Only those self-proclaimed Christians who show bigotry towards people who are protected by the Constitution

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Again, bigotry is a term often thrown around these days to fit one's own personal belief system. Who gets to decide what is bigoted and what is not?

I love all people no matter what choices they make. That doesn't mean I'm ordered by the Constitution to condone and celebrate every decision those people make though.

Why is it bigoted for someone like myself to think that marriage between a man and a woman creates a healthier society. Those are my own personal thoughts. I have no problem with homosexuals. They can do whatever they want. That doesn't mean I have to think that there is no difference between their choices and mine.

I travel quite a bit to the Northeast, and I've been in situations in which just casually mentioning the fact I go to church causes people to visibly turn their nose up at me. No mention of beliefs or even my faith. Just simply the word "church" apparently tells these people everything they need to know about me, and they automatically stereotype me because of it. Yet if I reacted the exact same way to some of those people's personal choices, that would make me the bigot.

How come others can stereotype me for my faith and my poltics, but I can't dare stereotype them (which I'm not even wanting to do by the way). It's a complete double standard.

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To all those self-proclaimed Christians I say, "Practice your faith but keep it out of government. You're not the only people who live in this country."

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I think this is a giant paper tiger argument that is constantly made into being a much bigger deal than it is. The Supreme Court last year went against over half of the state constitutions in this country to declare that gay marriage was a federal right. Far more than half of the people that live in most Southern states personally disagreed with that decision. Yet I never saw one protest. I never saw a single sign or poster in a yard decrying the decision. I barely even heard people discuss it at work. Yet social libs like you try to pretend that people are literally thumping bibles in their face every single day when they walk down the street and telling them they are going to hell. It's just not the case. This doesn't happen in everyday life.

Social conservatives just want to live their lives and be able to believe what they believe without facing bigotry just like homosexuals do. Let me have my faith without creating a fake atmosphere as if their is a bigot on every corner waiting to scream at you. It's just not the case.