Ted Cruz granted an interview this week with a local reporter in Beaumont, Texas. Clearly, the reporter aimed to knock Cruz down a few pegs regarding homosexuality, asking him, "Do you have a personal animosity toward gay Americans?" But Cruz's response was just right: "Is there something about the Left — and I am going to put the media in this category — that is obsessed with sex? ... ISIS is executing homosexuals — you want to talk about gay rights? This week was a very bad week for gay rights because the expansion of ISIS, the expansion of radical, theocratic, Islamic zealots that crucify Christians, that behead children and that murder homosexuals — that ought to be concerning you far more than asking six questions all on the same topic." When the reporter simply repeated his obnoxious question, Cruz set off again: "Do you have a personal animosity against Christians, sir? Your line of questioning is highly curious. You seem fixated on a particular subject. Look, I'm a Christian. Scripture commands us to love everybody. And what I have been talking about, with respect to same-sex marriage, is the Constitution, which is what we should all be focused on. The Constitution gives marriage to elected state legislators. It doesn't give the power of marriage to a president or to unelected judges to tear down the decisions enacted by democratically elected state legislatures." And that, class, is precisely how conservatives should talk about the issue.

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