"Protecting religious liberty was the focal point for Republican presidential candidates Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Gov. Mike Huckabee and Sen. Ted Cruz during the Freedom 2015 National Religious Liberties Conference in downtown Des Moines on Friday.
“Christians are under physical assault all over the world and Christian values are under assault right here at home,” said Jindal, of Louisiana. “Four more years of these radical left policies, we won't even recognize our country anymore.”
The two-day conference focused on religious liberty and Christian values. Organizers said 1,700 people registered for the conference and to see the candidates speak.
"Any president who doesn’t begin everyday on his knees isn’t fit to be commander-in-chief," Cruz, from Texas, said when asked about the importance of that the president fear God.
All three candidates took time to mention Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who made national headlines after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. They all said she has the right to exercise her religious views.
“Who would have ever thought that an elected county clerk in Kentucky would be put in jail by a federal judge for believing exactly what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton believed about marriage just three and a half years ago?” Huckabee, of Arkansas, said. "Our religious liberties are under assault."
In order to protect religious liberty, though, Cruz said religious conservatives will need to leave their
homes on election night. He called Friday for those voters to energize pastors and other believers and remind them that “we have a responsibility, as scripture tells us, to be watchmen on the walls."
"If another 10 million evangelical Christians vote in 2016 and simply vote our values, we won’t be up at three in the morning wondering what happened in Ohio and Florida," Cruz said. "They’ll call the election at 8:35 p.m. because Christians would have turned this country around."
Following their speeches, Jindal and Huckabee each spoke with reporters about Cruz.
Jindal, Huckabee and Cruz are all competing for similar groups of voters, particularly evangelical Christians.
Huckabee was questioned on how he would garner voters, especially when candidates like Cruz are better funded.
"People need to ask themselves if they only want to vote for someone because they have money or because they have poll numbers, or because they're tested, proven and ready to do the job," Huckabee said, not mentioning Cruz by name. "You won't even hire someone to mow your lawn that has never started a lawn mower. You won't. So we're going to send someone to the Oval Office that has never ever governed?"
Jindal said he is prepared to debate Cruz anytime, noting that both of the candidates will be in Milwaukee at the same time next week.
"Ted Cruz, he loves to shut down the government over Obamacare, but he's yet to come up with his own plan," Jindal said. "All these guys talk about getting rid of Obamacare. We're the only one with a plan." DesMoinesRegister
“Christians are under physical assault all over the world and Christian values are under assault right here at home,” said Jindal, of Louisiana. “Four more years of these radical left policies, we won't even recognize our country anymore.”
The two-day conference focused on religious liberty and Christian values. Organizers said 1,700 people registered for the conference and to see the candidates speak.
"Any president who doesn’t begin everyday on his knees isn’t fit to be commander-in-chief," Cruz, from Texas, said when asked about the importance of that the president fear God.
All three candidates took time to mention Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk who made national headlines after refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. They all said she has the right to exercise her religious views.
“Who would have ever thought that an elected county clerk in Kentucky would be put in jail by a federal judge for believing exactly what Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton believed about marriage just three and a half years ago?” Huckabee, of Arkansas, said. "Our religious liberties are under assault."
In order to protect religious liberty, though, Cruz said religious conservatives will need to leave their
"If another 10 million evangelical Christians vote in 2016 and simply vote our values, we won’t be up at three in the morning wondering what happened in Ohio and Florida," Cruz said. "They’ll call the election at 8:35 p.m. because Christians would have turned this country around."
Following their speeches, Jindal and Huckabee each spoke with reporters about Cruz.
Jindal, Huckabee and Cruz are all competing for similar groups of voters, particularly evangelical Christians.
Huckabee was questioned on how he would garner voters, especially when candidates like Cruz are better funded.
"People need to ask themselves if they only want to vote for someone because they have money or because they have poll numbers, or because they're tested, proven and ready to do the job," Huckabee said, not mentioning Cruz by name. "You won't even hire someone to mow your lawn that has never started a lawn mower. You won't. So we're going to send someone to the Oval Office that has never ever governed?"
Jindal said he is prepared to debate Cruz anytime, noting that both of the candidates will be in Milwaukee at the same time next week.
"Ted Cruz, he loves to shut down the government over Obamacare, but he's yet to come up with his own plan," Jindal said. "All these guys talk about getting rid of Obamacare. We're the only one with a plan." DesMoinesRegister
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