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[@FroggyQC23]

Ted Cruz: Maybe we should not kill gay people? The Republican base: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!

[@lenini056]

Let's see if they'll use the "I dont hate gay people" for this since it already shows how much they truly hate the LGBTQ+.

[@HashimotoDatsu]

This guy STINKS!

[@DaTooch_e]

He's probably saying it because some of his donors are gay.

[@patchwurk6652]

@@DaTooch_e Probably saying it because his daughter came out.

[@jonathanbosak8581]

​@@DaTooch_e Ted is right in this one tho...... Killing people for they sexuality is Bad I wish conservatives understand that

[@lightfangx6961]

The right slamming Cruz for not being genocidal says quite a lot about them.

[@nas84payne]

There’s a reason they’re right wing; and it’s not cuz they’re good.

[@dominicfucinari1942]

Only thing that didn't surprise me about the Cruz followers' or former followers' reaction is that they didn't jump ship and run off to Steven Lee Anderson's, Gene Kim's, Tommy McMurtry's, or another New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist pastor's fanbase.

[@bigbootybartholomew6680]

I was definitely more comfortable when conservatives pretended to be sane "I just don't agreed with their lifestyle" but at the same time it's better people know how they really feel. Better a wolf than a wolf in just a dickhead clothing

[@AARon-fe1mo]

Ted Cruz just believes we should make life miserable for gay people not harm them, what a respectable guy!

[@gideonandrasi]

The sad thing is that is actually spiritual growth for a Republican being slightly less disgusting.

[@freddiefenderson2002]

@@gideonandrasi Spiritual growth? Why is it that their tax-avoiding church leaders totally ignore Leviticus 20:10 that states that ALL straight adulterers need to be put to death? My thought is that, if the church treated Adulterers in the exact same way they treat gays, like the Bible DEMANDS that they do, they'd lose more than 3/4's of their audience members and church leaders, so they totally ignore all verses that apply to their money grubbing grift.

[@nas84payne]

Nah, he’d be in favour of this shit if it were the Republicans doing this.

[@AARon-fe1mo]

@@nas84payne most republicans hide what they really believe. Ask them about abortion and watch as they twist themselves into a pretzel trying to dodge outright saying abortion should be completely banned. They aren’t stupid, they know where the country is on issues but they have more loyalty to a party that wants to enforce its worldview.

[@gideonandrasi]

@@AARon-fe1mo And the thing that gets me is if they bothered reading the bible they would know God is all for abortion. Here are the bible verses for those that want the reciepts. Hosea 9:11-16 Numbers 5:11-21 Numbers 31:17 Hosea 13:16 2 Kings 15:16 1 Samuel 15:3 Psalms 135:8 & 136:10 Psalms 137:9 Leviticus 20:9 Judges 11:30-40 2 Kings 6:28-29 Deuteronomy 21:18-21 Judges 19:24-29 Exodus 12:29 Leviticus 26:30 Isaiah 13:15-18 Jeremiah 11:22-23 Jeremiah 19:7-9 Lamentations 2:20-22

[@TheEclecticDyslexic]

No no, they didn't put her face on CANS of but light. They put her fan on ONE CAN and gave it to her. That is what the right is upset about. They made ONE CAN with the face of a trans influencer on it.

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Wait, what? It was ONE CAN?!?

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

Yep. One single can and the right has been threatening Mulvaney for months now. Ridiculous.

[@PMickeyDee]

Has everyone talking about this forgotten that Ted Cruz's daughter outed herself as bisexual last year? He evolved a bit because of her, which does give me a little hope for him as a person. We just shouldn't count him as an LGBTQ+ ally or expect him to support anything progressing LGBTQ+ rights and protections.

[@williamwofford2503]

exactly Ted Cruz daughter came out as BI , so he is starting to change his attitude because now it affects his family

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Maybe telling Ted Cruz LGBTQ also stands for “Let’s Get Biden To Quit” could help get him to support the sexuality version more easily 😂

[@nugsin4]

Unfortunately there is virtually 0 correlation between their stance on social issues when personally affected vs not. See: Cheney, JEB!

[@jimbob3030]

There is no hope for him, he lies to play the game. He has no morality at all. This stance is just to try and appease his bi daughter and his anti LGBT base.

[@jacobgarcia4188]

Ted Cruz should still be hated for all the same reasons. That 💩bag hasn't changed as a person because now killing alphabet ppl concerns him directly

[@katiepersons6575]

Cruz: "Consenting adults shouldn't be imprisoned for life simply for being gay." Right wing media headlines: "Cruz opposes law that outlaws pedophilia"

[@stevester9148]

They don't ignore that part, they use pedophilia as a trojan horse to go after consenting adults. They know exactly what they're doing.

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

Facts, for all their virtue signaling, gay/trans bashing. It’s a literal dog whistle, because if they wanted to protect children, they would be protesting in front of every Catholic church in the US.

[@technoloverish]

Do you think it's too much of a stretch to say that for the radical right, p3dophilia basically just means being Jewish, gay, atheist, agnostic, progressive, and just about anything else they hate?

[@MH-bw9zt]

Also, why is there only a law about "same sex pedophilia" in uganda? Lol like they think "opposite sex pedophilia" is okay?

[@torkelsvenson6411]

And of course Florida just passed a bill that puts child sex offender ms to death. Which is very clever, because who would argue against a bill that puts the most reprehensible people to death?

[@jacobgarcia4188]

I assume conservatives encourage pedophiles by continuing to support the church!

[@GOPSlayer]

Why is it when ANY Republican says ONE thing reasonable, we act like Jesus just rose from the dead. Honestly, I think that says more about where the Republican Party is in the modern poltisphere.

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

Surprise?

[@Social_Pugatory]

Exactly when they say some basic sensible shit that everyone else grasped decades ago. Tell you a lot about the modern Republican Party. He’s still a bigot but at least he’s not a kill the lgbt kind of bigot he just wants to take away their rights kind of bigot. Don’t ask don’t tell bigot

[@celestialnubian]

Because it's novel. Like when I see a rare bird in the park. You gotta stop and look.

[@MH-bw9zt]

Exactly. I mean look at how conservatives hate Ted now and think he's a "woke" far left person over this

[@DennisMoore664]

Reasonable isn't the Republican brand in the modern politisphere. Reactionary, regressive, rotten, but not reasonable.

[@nyalih929]

Just a note that Uganda already has laws that criminalise sex with minors. The bill is a genocidal attempt to eradicate the queer community in Uganda while pretending that the law protects children.

[@justsomeguy6336]

Bro chill out. You are so hyperbolic.

[@markg1727]

Obviously those laws have been ineffective

[@Big1nz]

​@@markg1727this bill doesn't protect kids. bozo

[@fiyahquacker2835]

@@markg1727 or they have been effective and Uganda is just pulling some disgusting asinine nonsense to treat lgbtq as the second class citizens you want them to be treated as elsewhere.

[@javiervega1065]

good for Uganda a huge win for Christians and decency

[@goldeneagle4775]

A world government teacher of mine when I was a senior in high school(2014) warned my class that the GOP was heading towards a desire for a Middle East like style way of life for all Americans. My class at the time thought she was exaggerating, but what she said has come true in a pretty short time.

[@camarada9755]

Yes- the handmaid’s tale, anyone?!

[@killerecho]

They're called the American Taliban for a reason. Endgame religious nutjobbery tends to look alike.

[@jacobgarcia4188]

Are they gonna try to make beer and whiskey illegal??? If so I will burn my city to the ground over that 💩

[@baalbaal]

Worldwide conservatives have abandoned democracy and embraced authoritarianism. Religio-fascism is the new 21st century norm. We should grit our teeth and face it and stop hoping "they" will see the light. Instead the non-fascist should learn how to team up despite their internal differences and fight back

[@smurxxx0910]

They want to abolish the FBI to create a corrupt police state that enforces a theocracy onto its citizenship with no accountability.

[@link4205]

Treating LGBTQ people like human beings with basic human rights is “woke” now, apparently. And it’s disgusting how bigots still associate gay people with pedophilia.

[@javiervega1065]

it's true

[@JayD73]

@@javiervega1065nah

[@JeremysBlackWalMartBouncer]

They also believe being a supporting veterans is woke.

[@USS_Sentinel]

@@javiervega1065 Clown.

[@beetlebob4675]

​@@javiervega1065 Source: trust me, bro 😂

[@tonygomez4966]

10 years ago this statement would be uncontroversial even amongst Republicans.

[@ProLaytonxPhoenix]

I hope you're dead wrong, but I feel like you've hit the bull's eye.

[@DennisMoore664]

You give Republicans too much credit. How did they react after Matthew Shepard was beaten and stoned to death? You can look to the behavior of Republicans in the state of Wyoming and later at federal level under the Bush Administration where they stonewalled legislation to include crimes against a person due to their sexual orientation as hate crimes. Even when it was finally passed into law under Obama in 2010 (so about ten years ago) there was still opposition from Republicans.

[@javiervega1065]

good for Uganda a huge win for Christians and decency

[@andrewgawlik4961]

​@@javiervega1065 and we all know Christians are in favor of White Supremacy SMDH you people make it unsafe for us all....

[@nsacockroach4099]

@@javiervega1065 What's the humidity in your cave right at this moment?

[@casesoutherland4175]

I'm pretty sure pastor Steven Anderson is going to call Ted Cruz "unchristian" and pray for his death, because he's not as much of a monster as he is.

[@javiervega1065]

cruz is a fraud he deserves it

[@josephimperatrice5552]

Is Pastor Steven Anderson the "Christian" version of Osama Bin Laden? Pastor Steven Anderson sounds like a Jihadist terrorist!

[@freddiefenderson2002]

Christians are taught by their tax-avoiding church leaders that thinking for themselves is evil. They must believe everything their Profit worshiping church leaders tell them to believe, without question, or they will be tortured forever by the one they claim "loves them". Their wealthy church leaders preach that Greed and "only I matter" Pride are godly virtues to be totally embraced, while the Sesame Street values of Sharing and Cooperation are now evil Socialist and Communist ideals that must be rejected at all costs.

[@schristopherson5836]

His own kid had to come out in order for him to grow some empathy for people who are not like him. Just shows how far some have gone down the rabbit hole.

[@GodMentality]

I believe that Ugandan law is the work of American Christian missionaries and evangelists, they still colonizing the minds of other countries to this day.

[@USS_Sentinel]

Of course it is.

[@niavellir7408]

It is

[@EMD766]

Ted Cruz said something sensible. It’s end times people. 😅

[@williamwofford2503]

Ted Cruz daughter came out as BI , so he is starting to change his attitude because now it affects his family

[@jacobgarcia4188]

Only because it concerns him now.

[@javiervega1065]

it's unsensible the world sides with Uganda

[@andrewgawlik4961]

​@@javiervega1065 why are you constantly reminding me about the fundamental wrongs of Christianity?

[@patchwurk6652]

@@javiervega1065 You make Christians sound more and more like vile hate-filled savages with every word you type.

[@GreyRock100]

Ted Cruz LGBTQ+ Warrior

[@xXRockXLobsterXx]

A broken clock is right twice a day I suppose! 🕰

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Only if Ted Cruz thinks “LGBTQ” also stands for “Let’s Get Biden To Quit” 😂

[@williamwofford2503]

Ted Cruz daughter came out as BI , so he is starting to change his attitude because now it affects his family

[@GreyRock100]

@@williamwofford2503 I wish Ted would come out..

[@jacobgarcia4188]

​@@williamwofford2503 Ted Cruz still needs to be hated

[@Kurahaara86]

"Slimy alien grows some proto-spine cartilage, gets stepped on by nazis." What a time to be alive...

[@itsAmeOFP]

“The right loves their freedoms, and hates everyone else’s.”

[@RoninDave]

they want the freedom from the consequences of their actions and words but not for everyone else

[@falconk9]

This Uganda law has it's origins from the American Taliban. They exported their wet dream and Uganda thought it was a good idea to go forward with.

[@jimbob3030]

The US tallyban are using them as testing grounds to test what works before trying it here.

[@CraigMcGuinn]

I think the European Taliban that was colonizing Africa for over 100 years before any African nations became independent had more to do with Uganda than America

[@baalbaal]

@@jimbob3030 Sadly very, very true. Religio-fascism is the new 21st century norm. We should grit our teeth and face it and stop hoping "they" will see the light. Instead the non-fascist should learn how to team up despite their internal differences and fight back

[@jimbob3030]

@@CraigMcGuinn You think wrong, they are pushing for this hate today because the US taliban has been urging them to do it recently, it didn't come out of nowhere or out of deeds of the past. Things didn't get dark there and change all the sudden for no reason, change today isn't inspired by acts way back in the past.

[@javiervega1065]

no they are decent human beings and a strong Christian nation the world agrees with them

[@superbnns]

"Aggravated homosexuality" is the funniest thing I've heard all day

[@javiervega1065]

good for Uganda

[@citizenx8710]

​@@javiervega1065Troll

[@RictusHolloweye]

@@javiervega1065 - You are a cruel, vindictive person.

[@freddiefenderson2002]

@@javiervega1065 Leviticus 20:10 states that ALL straight adulterers need to be put to death.... so why is it that so-called "right" wingers are NOT calling for the death sentence of serial adulterer Donald Trump who was Proven to pay off a high priced porn stare escort to cheat on his wife with?

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

@@javiervega1065 oh look we found another fascist

[@mathieuleader8601]

he wants to reconcile with his daughter I wonder if this angers the base he will cross the floor as an ind.

[@jinabrasser9439]

He HAS to have someone he is close to in his circle of family and/ or friends, that is LGBTQ….it’s the only way any Republican politician comes around to the right side of an issue 😐

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

Cruz 13 YO daughter, Caroline, has come out as bi and claims she disagrees with most of her dads views .

[@jacobgarcia4188]

That is the definition of a conservative. F#@k everyone unless it hurts me directly

[@josephimperatrice5552]

​@@uncomfortabletruth3831 Donald Trump has a Lesbian niece and Donald Trump still nuclear hates the LGBTQ community!

[@johnnylebay2059]

Same as Dick Cheney with his daughter. These dummies only ever see the light if it affects one of their own.

[@TheEclecticDyslexic]

@@johnnylebay2059 sometimes even that doesn't work. They will carve their own out as "one of the good ones" and say that broadly all should be punished but special exceptions should be made for people like mine.

[@dlg5485]

The pedophile talking point is no accident. The far right ALWAYS uses 'protecting children' as an excuse to curtail the rights of adults. This is their core tactic now.

[@TheSeventhOutlaw]

They use children as both a sword and a shield and it's fucking disgusting.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

If they are honest about it, they would've been protesting in front of every catholic church

[@RictusHolloweye]

@@akmal94ibrahim - Not to mention expelling the child rapists in their own party.

[@freddiefenderson2002]

The so-called "right" wants to force rape victims to give birth to rape children, but do NOT want to help the mother with anything at all

[@giannaleng1897]

@@akmal94ibrahim it’s very telling that multiple investigations have uncovered rampant pedophilia in churches but Republicans don’t seem to be particularly concerned. Hell, Texas is trying to allow unlicensed chaplains to replace school counselors 💀

[@MystLunarabne]

It's sad that the bar is apparnetly as low as not wanting people to be literally murdered.

[@josephimperatrice5552]

The real sad part is that Donald Trump voters do not even pass the most simple basic low bar of believing that committing genocide against Gay people is evil!

[@donttrip8282]

It's so weird bexcause I can remember when the right were pretending to care about gay lives ans human rights to smear all Muslims because Isis was throwing gay people off of roof tops. Every Conservative accusation is a confession, turns out they were just mad they didn't get to do that..

[@derekmason5931]

Yeah but it also goes to show how much of a socially right wing turn the base has taken since 2015 and especially since 2020

[@donttrip8282]

@@derekmason5931 good point

[@snoopy_peanuts_77]

yup.....they have that genocidal fetish they are just chomping at the bit to get it started

[@seneris]

There should be a law that if you are a lawmaker that proposes a law where you go to jail for 10 years for gay sex, you go to jail for 10 years

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

It doesn’t work like that, unfortunately. Deprivation of rights under the color of law, is a civil rights violation and would have to be brought before scotus and Once it was found anti constitutional, the civil lawsuit could be filed.

[@technoloverish]

Either that, or at the very least, being barred from being a politician

[@jacobgarcia4188]

Laws are for peasants not the ruling class 😂😂😂

[@javiervega1065]

or anyone for that matter

[@TheEclecticDyslexic]

Not necessary. All you need to do is enforce the law dispassionately and the lawmaker will go to jail with absurdly high probability based solely on the law they passed making gay sex illegal.

[@JagNavBrett]

Let adults love who they want...I don't see the problem

[@Dawg476]

Never thought Ted Cruz would do this but good for him. Hopefully he stays this way.

[@Gfish17]

I don't want him to support gay rights. I like Ted Better as an Enemy. I like poking fun at him.

[@Dawg476]

@@Gfish17 Naw man, the more people against homophobia the better. Normalize it so we can stop talking about it as if it’s political because it’s not and shouldn’t be.

[@dustinsindledecker154]

I doubt it he will go back to being a bigot next week.

[@williamwofford2503]

Ted Cruz daughter came out as BI , so he is starting to change his attitude because now it affects his family

[@jacobgarcia4188]

​@@Dawg476 But if conservatives run out of scapegoats how are they gonna tell their voters that none of their policies are meant to help working class people?

[@dannydarko869]

its a tough time to be a catholic priest in Uganda.

[@andrewgawlik4961]

Why do I get the feeling that priests are exempt from this law

[@tallking7777]

I bet dave rubin supports the Ugandan law.

[@nsacockroach4099]

"You see, that's so interesting!"

[@williamwofford2503]

Ted Cruz daughter came out as BI , so he is starting to change his attitude because now it affects his family

[@dandotvid]

This is what happens when you try to get the support of nutjobs. Eventually you'll say something reasonable and they'll turn on you.

[@christophluger793]

Why do people care what consenting adults are and do sexually? Or in general. It's so weird to me how you can have a position on this topic saying they should get locked up or killed. Some people are so fucked up in their head.

[@ritabutler1951]

“Christian” Nationalism is a blight on this country.

[@TheSeventhOutlaw]

Religion is a cancer on the species.

[@RictusHolloweye]

Ted Cruz slithers over a ridiculously low bar and his base considers it a betrayal. What fascinating company he keeps.

[@lauren8135]

Wow we are really lowering the bar here, “I believe gays shouldn’t be €xecuted in the public square. The don’t deserve to be offed for that.” Wow so brave of Ted Cruz to not be endorsing m^rder.

[@anti-classist]

First time i've ever heard kyle pause for a moment of prayer l o l😂

[@user-ln4gd6hx7e]

Ted Cruz isn't evil enough for the modern GOP....let it sink in folks.

[@Etheoma]

Like the fact that it's specifically gay paedophilia and not regular old paedophilia that comes with the death sentence is still wrong, like if they want to have the death sentence for paedophilia full stop sure go nuts, although I am against the death penalty because 1 innocent persons life is not worth the temporary satisfaction of killing a million guilty people. Like for me to be pro death sentence, there needs to be DNA evidence, eye witnesses, caught on camera like the whole nine yards, there needs to be 0 doubt they did it, absolutely none, in which case like it's going to be extremely rare under that kind of burden of proof that anyone will get the death sentence, so in effect I am against the death penalty.

[@tylerharvey1707]

At this point i wish god was real and jesus would come back to punish all these evil people that hide behind his name

[@dustinsindledecker154]

That would he great.

[@javiervega1065]

he's going to punish you for being a treasonous dirtbag and forsaken his name

[@nsacockroach4099]

Jesus swinging some shuriken like in that old south park episode. I'm in

[@tylerharvey1707]

@nsacockroach4099 I'm all for south park jesus being real lol

[@donalddude7568]

Then even the homos will be punished

[@jediryan9454]

Ted probably has a gay daughter 100%. No way he would even give a shit about this if it wasn't for that reason.

[@almosthelpless9374]

The law is horrifying, but the term "aggravated homosexuality" is hilarious.

[@giannaleng1897]

I kinda want to put it in one of my social media bios. “Convicted of aggravated homosexuality” 😂

[@12yearoldscotch]

Way to go Ted! Stand up to those Ugandans like you did the Saud… oh wait, never mind.

[@jesui.]

this is why i like Kyle. He'll defend ted cruz when he's right. He's not tribal.

[@sukulmati]

The other part of this is that pedophilia and rape are already illegal but they aren't advocating for the death penalty to be applied when the victim is the opposite sex. These are the same people that upon finding out a female teacher seduced a minor, male student, high five each other or go on long rambling "boys will be boys" rants when some frat bro drugs and rapes a woman at a party, or just write off the actual grooming that happens within their own churches. These are not rational people within a civilized framework, they operate within their own definition of civilization that allows them to freely oppress any out group they want. Even Cruz's labeling of the law as "barbaric" is ironic because it has been white evangelical USian's who have been pressing for these kinds of laws in African countries and other states for decades.

[@jacobcain-xl1qh]

As far as I’m concerned Christianity has signed its own death sentence..

[@javiervega1065]

no we are getting stronger as Christians you in your grnder dysphoria death cult are not

[@andrewgawlik4961]

exactly my take! Christianity often times is the catalyst for bigotry... look no further than the Doctrine of Discovery

[@TheSeventhOutlaw]

Hear, hear.

[@noahstmnts]

Religion was always a joke

[@appalachiansufi5649]

I find it interesting that Ted Cruz is so willing to condemn an African country for their draconian policies, but he is perfectly willing to implement or passively accept the implementation of similar policies or social conditions here.

[@mattwolf7698]

3:10 Ironically a lot of his fans probably go to church too and don't care about the abuse happening there.

[@calebr7199]

You know quite a number of the homophobic organizations that places like Chick Fil A donate too work in Uganda to encourage homophobia. This is partially an American made problem.

[@javiervega1065]

your not a doctor beta boy don't speak on issues you have no idea as to what your saying.

[@andrewgawlik4961]

not just American.... don't forget about the colonization, imperialism, and rampant conversion of non-christians sanctioned by the Catholic Church.... that goes back 600 years... So Chick-fil-A stoked the fires of homophobia when they could have done the opposite.

[@calebr7199]

@@andrewgawlik4961 Very true, which is why I said partially American made.

[@andrewgawlik4961]

@@calebr7199 I'm sorry that I missed the "partially" in your wording, but yup... Though I'm also wondering what American involvement is in the Kakuma refugee camps and the homophobia and transphobia within them.

[@dritzzdarkwood4727]

Ted Cruz looking out the window and not liking the brown-shirts adorned with Sam Browne belts and the marching sound of boots he helped create.... - Do not summon that, which you cannot strike down(gleamed from a wizard's tombstone in Baldur's Gate I)

[@MarilenaVazquez]

Ted Cruz's 13 year old daughter came out recently. That explains this.

[@MaximumCarne]

It's always when someone republicans care about comes out as gay that they suddenly have a change of heart and think maybe killing gay people is kind of a bad thing. Dick Cheney's daughter is another example.

[@WhoDatNaton]

Folks amaze me at how immoral and brutal they really are. I had hoped some would have taken this as that splash of cold water to wake them from their delirium...nope! Just evil, wicked people. Pro freedom my ass!

[@kgs2280]

Wow, how incredibly generous of him.

[@mystbunnygaming1449]

The one that got me was this idea that gay sex is "anti-life". What's the argument here? That spurting anywhere except a womb is equal to abortion?

[@Ranger1812]

"What does 'aggravated homosexuality' have to do with LGBTQ?!"

[@jessea.edwards1155]

Ted Cruz is the broken clock Senator... Voted to regulate prescription drugs/allow importation. Also, he fought hard for the bill that would have radically reformed military sexual assault cases and brought in independent investigations!

[@trappedinamerica7740]

Even Ted was surprised at how debased Republicans have become. I think in his mind he thought they would be against it because Uganda is a black country.

[@metheus9210]

Ted Cruz is the reasonable one. Reality must be unraveling.

[@javiervega1065]

no Uganda are the reasonable ones who want to protect there youth and population

[@bluhmer1990]

And thus Ted Cruz is being eaten by the monster he helped create.

[@jennyph79]

I really like your hair like this! Less gel/mousse. Thank you for all your content and truth!!!

[@remenir97]

That close up, give your editor a raise.

[@tommytwotacos8106]

Typically in America today, the consequences of indulging in homosexual behavior include an uncommon and understated ability to transform interior residential spaces into warm, cozy, and inviting environments for human habitation as well as high probability of ultimately growing really old and only then realizing that you lived your entire freaking life being as fabulous and amaze-balls as you could possibly be.

[@jet4415]

They don’t want T***p in jail for life but they want gay people in jail for life. This is wrong!

[@dogblessamerica]

His plan was to show the right wing aren't TOTALLY bigoted against LGBTQ. The reaction proved otherwise.

[@pamhall1434]

Needs to be a new name for the right...the WRONG

[@quantum_beeb]

I could have sworn that there a death penalty for espionage

[@neosapienz7885]

It was one can for the commercial, just wanted to spread the word. And Cruz is Canadian, after all, so he may be secretly reasonable-at least in some aspects.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Based Ted?

[@CraigMcGuinn]

Ted Cruz wants LGBTQ people to not be killed or imprisoned? Maybe he thinks “LGBTQ” also stands for “Let’s Get Biden To Quit” for right wingers 😂

[@Em3ga]

Ted Cruz's daughter is gay. Probably the only reason he is against this law.

[@shopkeep9710]

I wonder if hes been hanging out at the poker tables getting humbled a lil bit

[@TheRealKSmith]

An important thing I just heard is that Cruz's daughter came out as Bi, I believe, and attempted suicide not that long ago

[@flexartistry]

Defending Ted Cruz from his OWN people lol oh this is hilarious

[@LeScap]

The other thing is are we supposed to trust that anti gay government to be fair? Are we to believe they won't just used this law to kill any body they want? It's a legal framework for witch trial. Just because it says the death penalty will be for pedophiles doesn't mean it will.

[@swordbysword]

so homophobic that they skipped over ted just using it as an excuse to call black people barbaric 😒

[@JustSomeTommy]

This is probably one of the last guys I thought would find his balls. Good for him.

[@javiervega1065]

why he's in the wrong

[@JustSomeTommy]

@@javiervega1065 just like your mom was for getting you

[@dominicfucinari1942]

I wonder what Cruz's supporters would think if they realized that Ugandan men who violate young girls, or disabled or unconscious women, either wouldn't face the electric chair, or wouldn't be as likely to. Under Yoweri Museveni's latest law, only if the sex offender and victim are of the same sex does the perp face a harsher sentence. Meanwhile, does the Museveni regime have any circumstances for prosecuting straight relations under any circumstances, such as if they're not married? Even if Museveni did, it would still compound with straight-only marriage which is still the law in many countries, particularly the African and Muslim worlds.

[@bharper2011]

We are literally 3 skittles away from a neo nazi takeover.

[@bharper2011]

@@bilbobaggins9451 we're at the precipice, the state isn't executing leftists... yet

[@garfieldisgod]

Sadly, backlash from his sordid constituents says it all about the extent of the insane amount of prejudice there is in this country..........

[@bernarda3856]

How is anyone there going to know if someone is engaging in same sex relations unless they are a voyeur which is crime in itself

[@knight-_-meh]

i have been having panic attacks and fearless sweats all morning now i know why.

[@damon6086]

8:40 Wait till that person hears about straight people having butt sex.

[@M1XEDBAG]

Thank GOD you got rid of that annoying smudgy blur at the bottom left corner of your screen.. That was setting me off lol Set up looks really good now!

[@LudwigHorsecock]

Matt Walsh is gonna feel real stupid when over half his kids turn out to be either gay or trans. Or will he go full monster and disown them?

[@nsacockroach4099]

Last option

[@RonPaul42069]

You realize how low the chance of that happening is, right?

[@youngishturnip1boone904]

looks like some of those people have never seen V for Vendetta

[@nicks816]

I personally set the bar for moral character a hell of a lot higher than 'not genocidal'

[@jbinkley22]

KYLE FOR PRESIDENT!!

[@johnsweazy358]

All capital punishment is anti Christian so all of the fundamentalist Christians who say this nation was founded on Christianity and call for capital punishment are hypocrites!

[@uncomfortabletruth3831]

Republicans are right in line with the rest of their hypocrisy..

[@ericdugdale8585]

The fundamentalists are the ones who've defined what Christianity is.

[@mcdizzle7656]

Fact check: you can get the death penalty in the US for treason as well

[@arlosmith2784]

Ted Cruz proves that even a stopped clock is right twice a day. However, I'm actually surprised that Senator Cruz now doesn't support criminal prosecution of consensual adult gay sex. I'm not sure he would have said that in 2016🌈

[@seand.g423]

All he's _doing_ is "saying it" _now..._

[@ryanwc67]

I don't understand why the pedophilia section was even added to the law there's got to be another law in place for child abuse in general doesn't matter if you're gay or straight. There should be a whole other law on the books already.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

This is saying to pedophiles that if you want to raep children, you raep the opposite sex

[@seto_kaiba_]

They added it probably to provide cover for this law. If they actually were consistent-they'd have a separate bill punishing more harshly both hetero and homo pedos. The Iranian regime does a similar thing whenever they wanna execute someone for being gay.

[@humanhunter2322147]

Kyle accurately calls out the rise of a nascent fascism, then he'll turn around and condemn deplatforming Nazis.

[@almeida1999]

There are reasons to not censor people you don't like/don't agree with you know. If you believe in freedom of speech, then the nazis have a right to a platform. Of course, if you don't believe in it, nazism should probably be banned, alongside Islam, since we're trying to get rid of hateful, bigoted and extremist ideologies, there are also some branches of christianity could do with the same treatment

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Those two aren't mutually exclusive. You let them say what they want, and then you call it out for the absurdity it is. You don't Streisand Effect it. You point out their stupidity.

[@keithragin6573]

What do they think will happen in jail.? Or in other words what happens if they’re caught in the act while in prison?

[@marvintpandroid2213]

A stuck calendar is right once a year.

[@nsacockroach4099]

More like every 4 to 5 years, coz days of the week

[@Mitchthemysteryman]

The only reason Ted cares is he has a bisexual daughter who almost committed suicide because of his homophobia. This is the BARE minimum. That being said, I'll still take it. We need all the support we can get.

[@thecatsbackyard4833]

In history class I heard of how the native Americans with drive buffalo herds over a cliff. The Buffalo near the Cliff's edge would panic but it was too late. Does that sound like the GOP or what?

[@JudasMaccabeus1]

It reminds me of the Catholic Church’s stance towards Jews in the Middle Ages: We will suffer you to live…but.. you can’t have any rights, can’t own property, must pay higher taxes..and must smile and say “yes master” when spoken to.

[@anthonyhurlston457]

Personally I don’t agree with the law, but the west is not the sole beacon for morality on planet earth. Ugandans voted for this, that’s how democracy works. Maybe one day Africa will become more liberal like the west, although I hope not in all aspects. But let them get there on their own.

[@josephgodfrey8468]

Some US States (Georgia and Texas for instance) kept anti-sodomy laws on the books until the 80s, 90s and 2000s. And now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, there are rumblings of "let's go BACK TO THEM GOOD OLE DAYS"!!!

[@Cnichal]

Broken clock and all that