Athens – The fight over religious liberty legislation in Georgia is about to get much hotter. Ted Cruz is almost sure to make it so.
At 7 p.m. tonight, the Texas senator will address a dinner gathering of the Georgia GOP here.
His remarks will come roughly 15 hours before the convention takes up, as a platform resolution, an endorsement of SB 129, the religious liberty legislation sponsored by state Sen. Josh McKoon. A floor fight is anticipated.
What will Cruz say tonight about the issue? He just gave us a preview. Said the senator:
"It is a sad statement that the modern Democratic party has become so extreme, so radicalized, that Democrats have decided their commitment to mandatory gay marriage in all 50 states trumps any willingness to defend religious liberty under the First Amendment.
"And the result is, we're seeing Democrats saying there is no room in the Democratic party for Christians, for believers who believe in the biblical teachings of marriage, that it is the union of one man and one woman. That is a sad development."
Don't be surprised if he endorses the resolution from the stage tonight.
Updated at 7:45 p.m.: Indeed, he did just that.
Cruz called the uproar over similar proposals in Indiana and Arkansas the "perfect storm of Democrats and big business coming together" and chided Republicans who "went hiding" amid the backlash.
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