Sen. Ted Cruz tells Liberty University students to stand up for religious freedom

By: American Decency Staff

Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday told graduating students at Liberty University they should stand by their principles because religious liberty is under threat by the Obama administration’s birth-control mandate and immersed in other skirmishes at the intersection of religion and secular life.

The Supreme Court recently heard a challenge from two family-owned corporations that say the Affordable Care Act contraception mandate violates their religious beliefs. It is “a critical case that goes to the heart of religious freedom,” Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said in his convocation speech to the Christian college founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell in Lynchburg, Va.

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