Juno’ actress Ellen Page accosts Ted Cruz over LGBT rights. His response is a must-see (video)
Hollywood stars often confront conservative politicians for
holding to traditional morality - but they seldom give those conservatives a
chance to respond. On Friday, the actress Ellen Page questioned Senator and
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz about his policies for "LGBT
people being fired for just strictly being gay or trans[gender]."
"We're seeing Bible-believing Christians being persecuted
for living according to their faith,"Cruz replied, citing the case of Dick
and Betty Odgaard, the Iowa couple who lost their business for refusing to
participate in a same-sex "wedding" ceremony.
"We're a country that respects pluralism and diversity, and
there is this liberal intolerance that says that anyone who follows a Biblical
teaching...must be persecuted, must be fined, must be driven out of
business."
Page then cited homosexuals being jailed in the past in some
states.
Cruz responded that America is far from anti-gay today, but
"ISIS is executing gay people. Iran is executing homosexuals. And on the
Left, you hear complete silence about Iran hanging homosexuals."
Page responded that it was "Christians in Russia,
Christians in Uganda,
Christians in Jamaica" who were "persecuting
gays to a really, really violent extent."
Cruz answered that Jamaica "may not be celebrating a gay
pride parade, but they're not murdering people."
“Does that trouble you at all - that you draw a moral
equivalence between Christians in Jamaica and radical Islamic terrorists in
ISIS that are beheading children?" Cruz asked the actress. "They’re
not morally equivalent. Murder is murder is murder, and...it’s wrong across the
board."
Page attempted to interrupt Cruz on a number of occasions, until
the senator asked her to stop. After the exchange, she wanted to continue
making her point.
"We've had a long discussion," he said.
"Yeah, I appreciate it," Page said.
Cruz was at the Iowa State Fair before holding a Rally for
Religious Liberty on Friday evening, where the Odgaards will participate.
Page is best known for starring in the 2007 movie Juno,
a film about a pregnant teen that some believed contained an
inadvertent pro-life message.
Cruz later told the media he did not know who Page was - she who
wore a hat and sunglasses.
Page came out as a lesbian last year.
