Ted Cruz's Gay Marriage Money

     As I was looking through Burka Blog, I came across an article titled, Ted Cruz’s Gay Marriage Money, which was published on March 22, 2015. This blog depicts the distrust R.G. Ratcliffe, the author, has for the Texas Senator and gives valid points on why he thinks Cruz is skeptical. As we all know, Sen. Ted Cruz has publically announced his presidential bid for 2016. However, only being in office for a little over two years isn’t enough for some citizens. The author of this blog goes in depth on why he thinks Cruz’s candidacy is ridiculous and uncertain.

     The first main argument the author uses is Ted Cruz’s first dilemma in 2009. While getting ready to run for state attorney, he took more than $250,000 in campaign funds from out-of-state bankers who were advocates of legalizing marijuana. He then said to leave same-sex marriage up to the states, which completely overlooked the U.S. Supreme and their input on the issue. Two strong advocates of gay marriage willingly donated a total of $1,160,000 combined to the Senator. The issue with this is that Cruz would happily accept the donations, but at the same time appeal to social conservatives on banning same-sex marriage in Texas.

     Another thing that the author questioned was the some of the bills Cruz has proposed since he’s been in the Senate. One being: a bill to prohibit the use of drones to kill citizens of the United States. (I laughed at this for the longest time and I completely agree with the author’s take on this bill.) The author states “I haven’t heard of a drone in the United States . . . maybe it is different because these were not U.S. citizens.”

       After reading R.G. Ratcliffe’s blog, I agree with his beliefs on Senator Ted Cruz’s candidacy. The author proved to me that he has credibility by being well-educated on the subject and has me on his side. The author also gave extremely valid points that are correct. Lastly, the intended audience seems to be leaning-liberals. This blog, I think, would confirm why Republican Sen. Cruz is not the most trustworthy candidate due to his money dilemmas to most liberals. All citizens can do now is sit back and see what else Ted Cruz has in store for America.