Ted Cruz said that he “unequivocally” stands with Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licenses, in a statement released Thursday.
“Today, for the first time ever, the government arrested a Christian woman for living according to her faith,” Cruz began. “This is wrong. This is not America… I stand with every American that the Obama Administration is trying to force to choose between honoring his or her faith or complying with a lawless court opinion.
Additionally, the Republican presidential candidate attacked both Republicans and Democrats that are calling for Davis’s resignation. “They are defending a hypocritical standard. Where is the call for the mayor of San Francisco to resign for creating a sanctuary city? … Where is the call for President Obama to resign for ignoring and defying our immigration laws, our welfare reform laws, and even his own Obamacare?”
Cruz even stated that, “those who are persecuting Kim Davis believe that Christians should not serve in public office… or, if Christians do serve in public office, they must disregard their religious faith — or be sent to jail.”
Finally, he called “upon every Believer, every Constitutionalist, every lover of liberty to stand with Kim Davis” and oppose the state-encouraged “persecution” of Christians.