David Barton

The Ted Cruz Show (Oh Yeah, That Guy)

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), left, with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and huband Joe Davis, 8 September 2015, after the infamous religious supremacist was released from jail. Ms. Davis, a Democrat, is of interest to Mr. Cruz's presidential campaign because she was jailed on a contempt of court order after refusing to issue marriage licenses because her ad hoc Christian faith prohibits her from doing her job. Detail of photo via Twitter, @TedCruz.

This ought to be interesting.

David BartonDavid Barton, a champion of promoting faith in public life, is an author and activist, and well-known in conservative donor circles. He will be running Keep the Promise PAC, one of a cluster of super PACs that together raised $38 million so far to aid Cruz.

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Proverbially so.

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Image notes: Top ― Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), left, with Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis and huband Joe Davis, 8 September 2015, after the infamous religious supremacist was released from jail. Ms. Davis, a Democrat, drew Republican presidential candidates to her thrall while jailed for contempt of court after refusing to issue marriage licenses because her ad hoc Christian faith prohibits her from doing her job. (Detail of photo via Twitter, @TedCruz. Right ― Controversial political author David Barton, in undated photo.)

Glueck, Katie. “Prominent evangelical taking over pro-Cruz super PAC”. Politico. 9 September 2015.

The Supremacist’s Lament

Zombie Republic: The Demon Sisters cope with the results of their plan. (Detail of frame from Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, episode 8, '… Of the Dead')

“Public officials are ministers of God assigned the duty of punishing the wicked and protecting the righteous.”

―Win Johnson

The disgraceful derby scrambling in the wake of Obergefell has yet to settle out; with presidential candidates struggling to find ways to evade the U.S. Constitution, or taking up the notion of just calling the whole marriage thing off, an Alabama attorney named Win Johnson has appealed to Gov. Robert Bentley (R) to opt out of the U.S. Constitution. Mr. Johnson, for his part, is a state official, a director at the Administrative Office of Courts, which in turn oversees the courts for state Chief Justice Roy Moore.

It seems a striking letter; Charles J. Dean reported, for AL.com:

In harsh words and a lecturing tone, a lawyer who works for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has written a letter seemingly directed at Gov. Robert Bentley rebuking him for saying Alabama will obey the U.S. Supreme Court ruling declaring same-sex marriage legal.

More appropriately, it really is a striking letter, so wild-eyed and seemingly irresponsible that the Souther Poverty Law Center has called for Johnson’s resignation.

And let us be clear; part of the problem with excerpting the letter is that the whole thing really is a show and a half. Christian supremacism, abdication of duty, rejection of the Constitution, and hey, even a Godwin violation just to hit for the cycle. Again, let us be clear: All for hatred in Jesus’ name, amen.

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