Cruz Courts Christians, Saying Religious Liberty Under Attack

Katie Zezima of The Washington Post reports, “Sen. Ted Cruz asserted Saturday that Christians are under assault, both by the government and in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris.” The statement was part of Cruz’s efforts to court evangelical voters in the Republican presidential primary. In a visit to Bob Jones University in South Carolina, Cruz said, “The federal government wages a daily assault on life, on marriage, on religious liberty. It’s because Christians are not standing up for our values.”

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