TED CRUZ MONTAGE - SAME SEX WEDDINGS - PLANNED PARENTHOOD - SANCTUARY CITIES
Ted Cruz talks with Dick & Betty Odgaard of Grimes, Iowa, who were forced to close their faith-based wedding business after Iowa passed a law legalizing same-sex marriage.
RALLY FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Rally for Religious Liberty
Friday, August 21st
Iowa Events Center
Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center
Grand Ballroom
730 3rd St
Des Moines, IA 50309
5:30 pm Doors Open
6:30 pm Program Starts
- Ted Cruz 2016 Religious Liberty
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on here withDick & Betty Odgaard of Grimes, Iowa
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we're talking about their incredible journey fighting to defend religious
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liberty not tell you they can betty inspire me
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him and I am thrilled to have the chance to share their story mom
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so tell us about this this church where
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when did you open it up to host lakes and 2008
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2008 right we have beautiful weddings it here for quite a few years and they're
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just gorgeous in here you can see the ambiance and I guess you sort of
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naturally have
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flower business would become that think part of it and then
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catering the reception we will do dinner food as well
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yes no and then in 2009
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the Iowa law changed to include same-sex
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winning I saw a man in August
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2013 on these two gentlemen came and
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and dick was the one who had it delivered the bad news
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and they they left we didn't know very
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next day I was on a Sunday
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we got the news that they were going to probably see the my guess they filed a
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complaint
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the day after yet rock up
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course that went viral it was devastating to hear that
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we were they get we were homophobe so your haters
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room the also declined to allow this church that your own
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yes to be later they were hosted by a horny wedding that's contrary to raise
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I just keep thinkin don't know why how can they be calling
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all these horrible hoping when they don't know what then are hard we have no
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page which were gay were gay people say you had been
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for a number of years hosting weddings in this is torture
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and as a result
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this litigation proceedings you stop posting any weddings all
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right really didn't have a choice for yeah that have been
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white people and as a result that we were
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the businesses declined every week is Kat supports over and it within
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by the end of August will be shutting their doors good
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in his per in Anderson
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well you know tell your country was founded
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by people who risked everything a religious leader
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free the government getting in the way and and i wanna thank both have you
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number one for taking a stand
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but number two telling your story
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well your story his power
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on your stories inspirational inspires me and inspires millions and believers
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believers cement pastes across this country good
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who want to live in a land where we're free to live out
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according to our fayed and our convictions and it's not
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second-guessed by the government stepping in saying we don't share your
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faith
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for and we're gonna shut you down me and you could do that with respect for all
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Absolom readers care and
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were we hope we can do is I'm try to change the course
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that as best we can in the years we have worked well
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thank thank you for your courage ok thank you for your conviction
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so might have been like getting yup
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should
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