Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz responded to news that the Obama administration was moving forward with plans to enforce transgender rights in public schools by saying he doesn’t want his daughters “taking showers with little boys.”
While being interviewed by Robert George on November 25 regarding a Department of Education ruling that an Illinois school district needed to provide a transgender girl access to the girls’ locker room at school, Cruz called the notion “ridiculous;” an idea imposed by “zealots.”
“Well, look,” he said. “This is ridiculous. It shows just how radical and extreme the current administration is. You know, I’m the father of two little girls. Caroline and Catherine are seven and five. I don’t want my daughters taking showers with little boys, I don’t want them when they’re in junior high or high school. And it’s absurd, no parents do. And these are zealots.”
H/t: LGBTQ Nation, Right Wing Watch
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Xzamilio
Why are they so damned obsessed with sex and genitals? You’d think they would try to work out their hangups so that they don’t end up being outed on Grindr or Tindr, or in hotels with escorts… or, you know, focus on employment, better healthcare, and mental health. Shit that really matters… not whether or not little Suzy is transgender or stopping big Suzy from getting an abortion.
scotty
This guy will never see the inside of the Whitehouse , unless he’s on a tour.
He’s plain creepy and weird. Just watch those outtakes from the other day. Jeez how fake can one man be? I meant that rhetorically.
William M Arnold
He probably has a rotten sex life & takes his frustrations out on others who he probably thinks have great sex lives !! Envy !! Inadequacy !! Jealousy !!
1EqualityUSA
Princeton’s Robert P. George founded NOM. Haters of a feather flock together.
Don Michael
Hell he is an insult to everyone
1EqualityUSA
“Just as the nation could not endure half slave and half free but eventually had to go all one way or all the other, we will not be able to get by with a situation in which some couples are married in one state, not married when they move to or travel through the next, and married again when they reach a third.
If same?sex marriage is legally recognized in a small number of states, it will spread throughout the nation, either through judicial action under the Constitution’s Full Faith and Credit Clause or by the working of informal cultural pressures. Some states – Utah would be one – may try to hold out, but sooner or later they will be whipped into line.”
–Robert P. George, Chairman,
National Organization for Marriage,
speaking at Brigham Young University,
October 28, 2008
So now transexuals seem to be the easier target, since the 10 point buck bounced away.
aliengod
Ted Cruz has no chance of being President, but I don’t see what he said wrong. I wouldn’t want my daughter, at school age, forced to shower with boys either.
Roger Curnock
He is one of the most disgusting human beings I have ever seen. He is an insult to our government, our state and especially our nation!
Dakotahgeo
Thank God these brainless Republican jerks will never see the inside of the WH, and the majority of them will be cleaning out their desks in 2016-2017! Repulsive bastards!
Patrick Crawford
He’s so fucking ugly. I’m sick of seeing his face. â??
Alexander R. Rodriguez
Obviously Queerty is having issues with the implosion of the Democratic Party this year. ….
Steven Burr
ASSHOLE
Alexander R. Rodriguez
Iran, a country that HANGS gay people, is testing ballistic missles, but please go on with faux GOP outrage #Cruz16!! #Trump16! #Rubio16!
Skot Skotnicki
No one here is discussing the topic.
Luis H. Lopez
Anti trans bigot confront this idiot !
Dillon Vossen
douche face – every time…
Dillon Vossen
oh ya – i listened to the end…. ya its not good
Linda James
Yes, abolish the Federal Dept. of Education. What a moron.
robho3
Does anyone on here really care what this dweeb says or thinks.
Rosalynn D'Angela
he belittles gays ect but his throat is like the 3rd street tunnel … he loves to deep throat those big ones
Tony Chaplinski
ted cruz is an insult, period
Captain Obvious
Funny how he never mentions trans-boys. I guess that didn’t suit his agenda. Bigots chances of getting into office are dwindling over time anyway. I mean Obama never would’ve gotten in if bigots were still in control
He can say what he wants at this point just like Trump. Doesn’t really matter because there aren’t enough idiots voting for them to get them in the White House. Not point paying them any mind.
Louie Mars
Where is an assassin when you really need one?
Ralph Vendegna
I would love to kick him in his backside.
Rick Caffey
Brian
This is one area where I think Ted Cruz is right. He’s wrong on so many issues but on this he’s right. I mean, this desire to satisfy the whims of transgenders at the expense of others is ridiculous, truly ridiculous.
By all means, if you want to call yourself transgender, that’s fine. I want you to be happy and I want you to be treated nicely. But it shouldn’t have to go any further than that.
Alistair Wiseman
Gosh, I can’t believe parents wouldn’t want their teenage daughters showering next to a girl that has a penis. What bigots!
If a boy who identifies as male, shows his junk in the girls locker room, he gets arrested. If a boy who identifies as female, shows her junk in the girls locker room, apparently it is reason for celebrating “equality” regardless of what naked middle school and high school girls feel standing next to a “girl” with a penis. That’s progressive.
Giancarlo85
@Alistair Wiseman: Here we go with Wiseass spouting off again. And this time he is insulting trans people. The profound ignorance of some is disturbing. You really don’t know anything about trans people. And again with this showering and bathroom nonsense. At least try to educate yourself for once. And thanks for showing your true colors about how you support Ted Cruz.
And to Aliengod and Brian… No he is wrong on this issue. Please get a reality check. Ted Cruz is someone who lost his marbles years ago. It is not surprising you are supporting his thoughts. Small minds think alike.
Cam
I love the Log Cabin trolls that c9me in any time the bigotry of the GOP is brought up and start talking about how Iran treats gays.
In other wotds, what they are TRYING to say us….hey, LGBT’S are killed in other places so you shouldn’t be worried about bigotry over hear.
2 problems with that,
1. we live and vote here, so your attempts to distract fail immediately.
2. Ted Cruz met with pastors who support killing LGBTS, so all your comparison does is show us one more GOP candidate that is exactly LIKE the radical Islamic clerics when it comes to our issues.
So thank you for showing us that the GOP candidates are just like the Iranian mullahs.
1EqualityUSA
Alistair Wiseman, I hear what you are saying, however, I do not trust the motives of Robert P. George (NOM-skull) and that twit from Texas. They couldn’t give a damn about anybody but themselves. Getting traction on those with little political strength is their way. I object to using those who are not politically strong to get elected. If either of these men had true substance, they wouldn’t need to resort to this. Princeton’s Robert P. George, in the same fruity glasses he’s worn for decades, is such a hater. He’ll use anyone to get his exclusionary message across. What a wimp. Both of these men are wimps.
Giancarlo85
@Cam: Aliengod, Brian and Wiseass will vote GOP because they think they are good for the economy lol. Never mind the last four republican presidencies ended in recession. And then they will cite foreign affairs… Which republicans are a complete disaster at. From Reagan to Bush… Lol.
You can’t reason with log cabin blowhards who value a dollar over lives. Too bad for them their party can’t manage money at all.
Joe
This isn’t surprising coming from a horse’s ass. Cruz is an embarrassment to the human race. What a schmuck!
Cam
@Giancarlo85: said…. “@Cam: Aliengod, Brian and Wiseass will vote GOP because they think they are good for the economy lol. Never mind the last four republican presidencies ended in recession.”
_________________
I hear you, but I think it isn’t that. I think they are in a desperate headspace where they have carved out their identity as “Not one of THOSE gays, we’re the GOOD gays”.
Their whole identity seems to be an attempt to get approval from the groups that traditionally hate them, so they become rabid defenders of the bigoted.
Giancarlo85
@<a h@Cam: Don’t you like it when they say they aren’t decided or are neutral? Then they seemingly defend republicans… Or they say stupidity like “well he’s usually wrong but he is right here”! Nobody is believing their lies. They need to be honest about where they stand. The log cabin types on here would vote for Cruz.
Cruz, like Trump and Carson, are very dangerous emotionally disturbed men. They talk about carpet bombing other countries. Remind me how well that worked out in Vietnam and Iraq. Shock and awe, huh? These guys need to stay far away from the White House. I would even tell Hillary not to give any of them a tour after she is inaugurated.
BJ McFrisky
@Alistair Wiseman: Per the usual, you continue to live up to your surname.
@Alexander R. Rodriguez: Whoa there, Alex! Common sense? On Queerty? Regarding politics? You’ve mistaken this website for one with morals and brains.
Giancarlo85
@Alexander R. Rodriguez: And you trust people who haang out with religious nuts that want to execute gay people? Or people who talk about carpet bombing other countries? You are beyond comprehension. You are morally repugnant.
@BJ McFrisky: Funny how you left your brains out on the sidewalk to fry in the sun… That explains your demented political views. And morality? Coming from the guy who supports the republican party… that is ironic. A party that created ISIL through blowback. But hey, it all goes back to Reagan who invited the mujahedin (later to be the Taliban) to the White House.
What do you know about morality? Is it moral to sell out this country to the highest bidder like what your party does? Or to slash social security and the VA budget leaving thousands of veterans with no support? You don’t know a thing about morality.
1EqualityUSA
Carson referred to Hamas as, “Hummus.” Scary. If one of these dips actually wins the Casa Blanca, perhaps Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Paul Wolfowitz could lend a hand.
As for surnames, BJ McFrisky, to name yourself after Mcfastfood promiscuous oral sex further denigrates the community for whom you hold in disdain.
Alistair Wiseman
@BJ McFrisky:
🙂
Alistair Wiseman
@1EqualityUSA:
Well, well, well…while you are talking about important things as chosen surnames, I thought you might want to take a look at the ArabLounge.
It appears our evil, jihadi (the only good jihadi, is a dead jihadi) from San Bernardino had a profile at the ArabLounge.
When Farook, our victim of climate change (after all, the Left believes terrorism is caused by climate change), was filling in his profile, under “Politics” he put “Very Liberal”. I’m shocked, said no one.
My favorite part is when MSNBC reported on it, they censored that part of the profile! The link has a picture.
Another fail by our lamestream media.
http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2015/12/05/syed-farook-political-views-very-liberal-arab-lounge/
Giancarlo85
@Alistair Wiseman: What an idiot. He put that as a cover if that right wing crapshoot of a website is to be believed. Muslim extremists and ISIL is extremely conservative. And if you want an example of highly liberal Muslims… Look at the progay profeminist Kurdish party in Turkey. Farook nor his wide believed in such an ideology.
The Kurds as a whole are actually quite left wing. Their big parties are part of Soci.ali.st International.
You are beyond reprehension. You are a disgusting despicable human being. You try to paint us on the left as being extremist. The people doing most of the fighting against ISIL are the Kurds. The Kurds are unified by Soci.ali.st parties. They always have been highly secularized.
You have anything more stupid you want to post?
And lol at queerty… So.c.ia.l.is.t is censored.
Giancarlo85
@Giancarlo85: *his wife.
In other words, don’t post stupidity you know you can’t back up. An uncorroborated right wing extremist blog doesn’t count.
1EqualityUSA
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show
GG
I advise he stays off the streets; Caitlyn still has a driver’s license.
Jane Freeman
Yeah I bet he suckscock on the side! They usually do!
Mary C Scohera
LOSER
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Brian:
What do you think Trans men and woman are?
I mean do you know the biological hormonal break down of their bodies that make them “Transitional”, or not?
I ask because it seems to me you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Hussain-TheCanadian
@Alistair Wiseman:
Oh dear Alastair…..you’re pretty entertaining – you keep running out on me every-time you and I tango on other threads, so I hope you don’t leave me hanging on the “dance floor” this time.
Let me ask you this: What do you call humans/people who have Penises but their brain neurological mapping is female, and their formal hormonal compound is also female?
GayEGO
Tedicia is such a fraud. What is all the fuss about? More and more genders are coming out of the closet and with the medical options increasing we will be able to place orders – “I want three boobs and a sack of balls with a huge appendage.” :>)
russellhm
Cruz is the zealot, a Christian theocratic one. And his fear of sex—wonder how he got here?–or is he so impressed by the myth that Mary was impregnated by the Holy Ghost?–but radical Christians believe that sex is a sin. The Episcopal Church once had a ceremony following a woman parishoner’s giving birth–a cleansing rite that’s been abolished. But it’s that old-fashion, Victorian rant that man is conceived in sin–meaning in pleasure. And I suggest that that is why evolution makes so much sense: make procreation extraordinary pleasurable and the species will re-produce–quickly and often. But then Cruz and his ilk have yet to complete evolution—puberty as well. But his daughters don’t know the words “penis” or “vagina” but they must know “asshole” as they’ve heard it so often to describe their pathetic excuse for a father.
Chuck
Every time Ted Cruz opens his mouth. It make me think of a horse getting ready to fart. We all know what comes out next. I guess what I’m really saying is, Ted Crus is a horses azzz. If he is so worried about his daughters dealing with life at school. Then maybe he should do the US a favor and stay home to home school his kids.
Jim Philbrick
Cruz knows a thing or two about zealots,, look In the mirror dude!
JodyBoy
I will vote for anyone who promises to legalize prostitution and I hope all of you will also. Equal opportunity for all of course.
youarekiddingme
@Alexander R. Rodriguez: Take your fake, republican ass over to Iran and give them a hand huh? How much money do you contribute to Amnesty International? Have you ever volunteered in any foreign country? How about we (LGBTQI Community) be concerned about what’s happening in our own front yard before running out to try to put out fires in other countries huh? Like we need to get involved in Iran’s internal struggles? Lets just start another war shall we?
We know you’re a repub. You stir up your bullshit. Say something stupid, run away and hide under some republican candidate’s desk. You claim to be this “humanitarian” yet your posts are anything but. Your last posts talked about killing/murder. You are a hypocrite.
BornSerious
Whenever I see Ted Cruz I think of someone who sells snake oil.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: @1EqualityUSA: @Cam: You are all avoiding the issue. This has nothing to do with Republican/Democrat. This has to do with kids being placed in situations that are inappropriate for children. I would not allow my young daughter to shower with a boy. It wouldn’t be appropriate. Regardless of whether the boy feels like a girl. That’s ridiculous. If any of you had children you would understand. I’m not a Republican! I’m a realist! This trans nonsense has gone too far.
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: What about gays? Think of the children. Two men holding hands will corrupt children. Same stupid argument!
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: You have no kids and you are not a realist. Just an ignorant buffoon.
aliengod
@Giancarlo85: Once again, you make ignorant statements. My partner and I have two children. I’ve stated this numerous times. You’re inability to accept reality isn’t my problem. Just go away!
youarekiddingme
@Giancarlo85: Yea, but girls might see PENIS’…OMFG! First off, gym class doesn’t usually start till high school now and even if it’s middle school, you better have discussed all these things (like PENIS and VAGINA) with your kid before that! Maybe even show them a picture or two. Perhaps a word about safe sex as well? No, not that! Repubs don’t even want it taught in the schools. Hell, they don’t even wany physical education or the arts taught in school for that matter. I guess problem is solved if they have their way huh? No physical education = no gym class = no showers = no trans kids mixed together = no problems! Wow, those repubs got it all figured out (sarcastically).
Giancarlo85
@aliengod: You don’t have a partner, and you are not emotionally stable enough to have children based on what you write here. I know for a fact that you need to convince the authorities that are you fit to raise children. You have never demonstrated on here that you are emotionally sound. You are unfit and you are unstable.
@youarekiddingme: yeah no kidding right? Aliengod didn’t answer my question of course!
Here is another right wing accusation “We can’t let gay men use the bathroom because they molest boys”. I’ve heard this one before… it’s like Alienturd is recycling this accusation and using it on trans people. Typical.
Aslam Hafiz Muhammad Umer
Jerk
Paul Matwiow
Doesn’t it look like his face is melting? Hopefully his campaign is too.
1EqualityUSA
Paul Matwiow,
I’ve loved skeletons every since I was a child. Every halloween, my child-self donned the skeleton. They’re sculptural works of art. I became a Grateful Dead-Head in Santa Cruz, 8th grade, because of the cool skeletal album cover (and the music of course -sneeze-“Jerry Bless you”). Every year, I’d ask for a skeleton for Christmas and every year, My mother would say, exasperated, “I’m not buying you a dead body for Christmas.” (Skeletons used to come from India. Now it’s illegal to buy real bones.) why am I rambling, oh, yes, I wouldn’t even want the skeleton of Ted Cruz. He’s one ugly____.The shape of his skull is flat out disturbing. I’ll stick with my plastic friend, Teddy. Keep your mass of osseous mess in Texas.
Alistair Wiseman
@Hussain-TheCanadian:
Wait! Don’t tell me!
“What do you call humans/people who have Penises but their brain neurological mapping is female, and their formal hormonal compound is also female?”
Umm…Barney Frank!?! Is that it? Did I win?