Cenk Uygur
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Ted Cruz Says Girl Was Jailed For Jesus
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December 9, 2015
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7:04Now PlayingTed Cruz told a story about a young woman who was sentenced to jail for saying “Jesus” in a public school. Except that is not at all what happened. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“During a town hall event in South Carolina on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz made the bold claim that he will defend religious liberty because “what kind of country are we living in where…we’re threatening teenage girls with going to jail if they say the name of Jesus?”
Cruz made the remark after telling the story of Angela Hildenbrand, a high school valedictorian who he claims was “threatened with jail if she exercised her right to pray during her graduation speech.” At the South Carolina event and at other campaign events in the past, Cruz has discussed her story as an example of the government’s war on Christianity. As he explained on Monday, Hildenbrand was initially barred from leading prayer, but attorneys from the Liberty Institute filed an emergency motion and won an appeal shortly before her graduation.
Cruz has named Hildenbrand one of his “religious liberty heroes”, and she appeared beside him on stage last month during his South Carolina Rally for Religious Liberty.”
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