tedandrafael_web-287x300The rotten, worm-eaten apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, the expression goes and it’s particularly true of GOP Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz and his charming pops Rafael, a pastor. Senor Cruz was asked at the antigay World Congress of Families 2015 in Salt Lake City this week whether there’s a link between LGBTQ people and pedophilia. He responded that it’s just a matter of time before the LGBTQ communities will try to normalize the psychiatric disorder.

“I think that’s the next thing that they’re going to push, to try to legalize pedophiles,” Cruz offered. “Pedophilia, you have all these laws to forget about – we have laws on the books about statutory rape. You have to basically throw away the statutory rape laws to legalize pedophilia.”

Related: Turns Out Ted Cruz’s Father Rafael Is Just As Obsessed With Gay Sex As His Son

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