PoliFact | Ted Cz did not say 'no place for gays, atheists' his Ameri

Contents:

• FALSE: TED CZ SAID THERE IS 'NO PLACE FOR GAYS' AMERI
• DID TED CZ BLAME GAY PEOPLE FOR MASS SHOOTGS?
• DID TED CZ REALLY SAY THAT “THERE IS NO PLACE FOR GAYS OR ATHEISTS IN MY AMERI”? (SPOILER: NO HE DIDN’T)
• TED CZ SAYS TEXAS SHOULD REPEAL NONFUNCTNG LAW CRIMALIZG GAY SEX
• TED CZ RPONDS TO GAY MAN ABOUT RELIG FREEDOM
• TED CZ: 'BS SHOULD TURN AWAY GAY CTOMERS'?
• TED CZ SAYS SCOTUS 'CLEARLY WRONG' TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE
• TED CZ SAYS TEXAS SHOULD REPEAL BAN ON GAY SEX

FALSE: TED CZ SAID THERE IS 'NO PLACE FOR GAYS' AMERI

In January 2016, a mor began circulatg onle holdg that Republin printial ndidate Ted Cz had said that the Constutn ma clear that there was "no room for gays or atheists my Ameri":. In fact, the Washgton Post's official transcript of Cz's speech do not clu this ment, nor any other remark by Cz about eher atheists or gays.

Here we go aga: A rear jt poted out a Facebook meme suggtg Texan Ted Cz clared Ameri nstutnally off lims to gays and atheists last month when he clared his ndidacy for print. In Febary 2016, a quote purportedly om Republin senator Ted Cz about a nnectn between beg openly gay and the proliferatn of mass shootgs (and public nudy) started recirculatg on social media, along wh a msage urgg people not to support the printial ndidate:.

It also claimed (falsely) that Cz had said there was "no place for gays Ameri, " and that bs should exercise their right to turn openly gay ctomers away. A sectn of Texas’ penal passed 1973 f “homosexual nduct” as “viate sexual terurse” that nstut a Class C mismeanor, a fe-only offense punishable by a penalty of up to $500.

DID TED CZ BLAME GAY PEOPLE FOR MASS SHOOTGS?

And he’s gone even further, attackg fellow Republins for marchg pri paras, warng of the threat of “mandatory gay marriage” and llg 2016 the “relig liberty electn. Cz Said Rulg In Favor Of Marriage Equaly Was “Naked And Lawls Judicial Activism” And Warned Of “Mandatory Gay Marriage In All 50 Stat.

” At Fah and Freedom Coaln’s Road to the Majory, Bloomberg reported that “Senator Ted Cz of Texas acced Democrats of phg “mandatory gay marriage all 50 stat, ” and warned that a judicial victory for gay-marriage advot uld lead to ernment persecutn of Christian church and schools. He blamed gay rights activists and Democrats for the recent uproar over an Indiana law that would protect bs who refe to provi certa servic on relig grounds. ‘Bee of their partisan sire to mandate gay marriage everywhere this untry, they also want to persecute anyone who has a good fah relig belief that marriage is a holy sacrament, the unn of one man and one woman and ordaed as a venant by God, ’ he said.

” “Cz: What I am sayg is that when a mayor of a cy choos twice to march a para celebratg gay pri, that’s a statement - and ’s not a statement I agree wh. ” “On to Cz, the former state solicor general who pris himself on tough talk but ignored the qutn I e-mailed favor of the one he wanted to answer: ‘I believe that engagg homosexual nduct is a choice, and I do not believe that unelected judg should force Stat to adopt gay marriage, agast the wish of the people. Cz’s Spokman: “Ted's Opposn To Gay Marriage -- And His Proven Rerd Fightg To Defend Tradnal Marriage -- Is Clear And Unwaverg.

DID TED CZ REALLY SAY THAT “THERE IS NO PLACE FOR GAYS OR ATHEISTS IN MY AMERI”? (SPOILER: NO HE DIDN’T)

” Acrdg to the Dallas Morng News: “Cz, his bid for attorney general, which he abandoned to n for Senate, accepted $250, 000 om Peter Thiel, a gay activist and bsman who is fightg efforts California to outlaw gay marriage. ‘Ted's opposn to gay marriage -- and his proven rerd fightg to fend tradnal marriage -- is clear and unwaverg, ’ Bernsen said. This Print Is The First Print In Morn History To Put The Stamp Of The Princy Behd Gay Marriage.

‘This print is the first print morn history to put the stamp of the princy behd gay marriage, ’ he said, then add the health re law, ernment spendg and the mandate that religly affiliated stutns provi ntraceptn employee surance plans to his list of Print Barack Obama’s polil ss. ” Acrdg to Poli: “Cz ced the admistratn’s cisn to regnize same-sex marriag performed Utah before a Supreme Court orr halted gay marriage the state once more.

TED CZ SAYS TEXAS SHOULD REPEAL NONFUNCTNG LAW CRIMALIZG GAY SEX

Cz: “I Don’t Thk The Feral Government Should Be Tryg To Force The Stat To Adopt Gay Marriage In All 50 Stat. I don’t thk the feral ernment should be tryg to force the stat to adopt gay marriage all 50 stat.

Acrdg to his mpaign webse, “Ted Cz has worked hard fense of tradnal marriage, cludg his terventn a se protectg Texas marriage laws…When a Bemont state urt granted a divorce to two homosexual men who had gotten a civil unn Vermont, Cz, unr the learship of Attorney General Greg Abbott, tervened fense of the marriage laws of the State of Texas, which succsfully led to the urt judgment beg vated. Ted Cz (R-TX) told an Iowa rad host Monday that liberty is imperiled unls Congrs pass his amendment allowg stat to ny gay upl the right to marry.

TED CZ RPONDS TO GAY MAN ABOUT RELIG FREEDOM

Cz Said LGBT Activists Had “Partisan Dire To Mandate Gay Marriage Everywhere In This Country.

” The Dallas Morng News reported that at an event at Morngsi College Sux Cy, Iowa, “‘Every one of is ncerned about the Supreme Court’s gay marriage cisn likely g June, ’ [Cz] said. If the high urt do legalize gay marriage natnwi, he add, he would prod Congrs to strip feral urts of jurisdictn over the issue, a rarely voked legislative tool. And they try to make say, so for example, you know, they routely say well, gosh, any nservative mt hate people who are gay.

TED CZ: 'BS SHOULD TURN AWAY GAY CTOMERS'?

” Hugh Hewt asked Ted Cz: “What matters more – knowg if a ndidate for the princy will attend a gay weddg, or whether he or she will stroy the Islamic State before throws hundreds, if not thoands, of more gay men to their aths om towers?

TED CZ SAYS SCOTUS 'CLEARLY WRONG' TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

” Bloomberg reported that “In his first trip to Iowa as a printial ndidate earlier this month, Cz stayed laser foced on social issu, cludg a potential urt lg to legalize gay marriage natnwi that he said would be ‘fundamentally illegimate.

TED CZ SAYS TEXAS SHOULD REPEAL BAN ON GAY SEX

Supreme Court hears arguments on same-sex marriage, Senator Ted Cz has filed two bills to protect stat that bar gay upl om marryg. Cz Said Liberals Were Obssed Wh “Mandatory Gay Marriage In All 50 Stat” And Touted Support For Bill Strippg Court Jurisdictn Of Same-Sex Marriage Ligatn.