 Ted Cruz Staffer Goes Full-Sharia Law: ‘Separation Of Church And State Is A Myth’ (VIDEO)In the frenzy over Donald Trump s meteoric rise in the polls, many voters seem to have forgotten that his closest competitor, Sen. Ted Cruz, is equally nutty, just as much of a liar, and possibly even more dangerous.In South Carolina, Cruz s entire campaign rests on appealing to the state s deeply religious conservative population. Unfortunately, he s still losing to Trump by a wide margin   even among evangelicals. As a last-ditch effort, Cruz appears to have tapped his  South Carolina Evangelical Chairman,  a conservative pastor named Mike Gonzalez, to promise Christian Republicans the one thing that Trump won t: An American theocracy.On MSNBC, Gonzalez told host Joy Reid that a Ted Cruz presidency would be based in Christianity. What about the Constitution which strictly prohibits that? Easy, explained Pastor Gonzalez, the separation of Church and State is a lie and Cruz sees that. Well, the reality of it is that this idea of the separation of church and state is a myth. I mean, you bring your faith into the marketplace like you do anything else. So Ted Cruz is a   will be a president not just, you know who is a preacher and pastor in the White House, That s not the idea. I believe all Americans can rally around Ted Cruz because he upholds the constitution. I believe all Americans want to truly uphold the law. Some of the laws Cruz doesn t believe should be upheld: Healthcare reform (he shutdown the government trying to stop it). Gay marriage (he tried to shut down the government trying to stop it). Abortion rights. Welfare programs. The right of a (Democratic) president to pick Supreme Court justices. The list goes on.Reid wasn t buying Gonzalez s crap. Immediately, she pushed back on the idea that the Constitution was cool with Ted Cruz establishing a theocracy. The separation of church and state is not a myth, it s a constitutional fact. It s a fact on the ground. It s a part of our constitutional makeup. The founding fathers were explicit that they did not want to have a national church. Can a candidate like Ted Cruz run on essentially saying he would ignore that part of the constitution, if you re saying he s a president who would actually run on the constitution? As Mediaite s Tommy Christopher pointed out, Cruz has been pretty explicit about the idea that he would run the White House as if it were his personal church. I m a Christian first, I m an American second, I m a conservative third, and I m a Republican fourth, and that s part of the problem, is that there are too many people who don t have that ordering correct. It s becoming clear that the voters supporting Cruz are hoping to fulfill their wish of reversing many of the secular and progressive laws that have been passed in the last few decades (particularly under Obama). As we ve seen with the battle over gay marriage, the issue is never about the rights of other people, but imposing conservative Christian beliefs on everyone in America. For that, Cruz is their man.Watch the scary exchange below.Featured image from MSNBCNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT:  Ted Cruz Staffer Goes Full-Sharia Law: ‘Separation Of Church And State Is A Myth’ (VIDEO)In the frenzy over Donald Trump s meteoric rise in the polls, many voters seem to have forgotten that his closest competitor, Sen. Ted Cruz, is equally nutty, just as much of a liar, and possibly even more dangerous.In South Carolina, Cruz s entire campaign rests on appealing to the state s deeply religious conservative population. Unfortunately, he s still losing to Trump by a wide margin   even among evangelicals. As a last-ditch effort, Cruz appears to have tapped his  South Carolina Evangelical Chairman,  a conservative pastor named Mike Gonzalez, to promise Christian Republicans the one thing that Trump won t: An American theocracy.On MSNBC, Gonzalez told host Joy Reid that a Ted Cruz presidency would be based in Christianity. What about the Constitution which strictly prohibits that? Easy, explained Pastor Gonzalez, the separation of Church and State is a lie and Cruz sees that. Well, the reality of it is that this idea of the separation of church and state is a myth. I mean, you bring your faith into the marketplace like you do anything else. So Ted Cruz is a   will be a president not just, you know who is a preacher and pastor in the White House, That s not the idea. I believe all Americans can rally around Ted Cruz because he upholds the constitution. I believe all Americans want to truly uphold the law. Some of the laws Cruz doesn t believe should be upheld: Healthcare reform (he shutdown the government trying to stop it). Gay marriage (he tried to shut down the government trying to stop it). Abortion rights. Welfare programs. The right of a (Democratic) president to pick Supreme Court justices. The list goes on.Reid wasn t buying Gonzalez s crap. Immediately, she pushed back on the idea that the Constitution was cool with Ted Cruz establishing a theocracy. The separation of church and state is not a myth, it s a constitutional fact. It s a fact on the ground. It s a part of our constitutional makeup. The founding fathers were explicit that they did not want to have a national church. Can a candidate like Ted Cruz run on essentially saying he would ignore that part of the constitution, if you re saying he s a president who would actually run on the constitution? As Mediaite s Tommy Christopher pointed out, Cruz has been pretty explicit about the idea that he would run the White House as if it were his personal church. I m a Christian first, I m an American second, I m a conservative third, and I m a Republican fourth, and that s part of the problem, is that there are too many people who don t have that ordering correct. It s becoming clear that the voters supporting Cruz are hoping to fulfill their wish of reversing many of the secular and progressive laws that have been passed in the last few decades (particularly under Obama). As we ve seen with the battle over gay marriage, the issue is never about the rights of other people, but imposing conservative Christian beliefs on everyone in America. For that, Cruz is their man.Watch the scary exchange below.Featured image from MSNBCNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: ted cruz staffer goes law separation of church and state is a myth video in frenzy donald trump metric rise polls many voters seem forgotten closest competitor ted cruz equally duty much liar possibly even south carolina cruz entire campaign rests appealing state deeply religious conservative population unfortunately still losing trump wide margin even among evangelicals as effort cruz appears tapped south carolina evangelical chairman conservative pastor named mike gonzalez promise christian republicans one thing trump an american msnbc gonzalez told host joy reid ted cruz presidency would based christianity what constitution strictly prohibits easy explained pastor gonzalez separation church state lie cruz sees well reality idea separation church state myth i mean bring faith marketplace like anything else so ted cruz president know preacher pastor white house that idea i believe americans rally around ted cruz upholds constitution i believe americans want truly uphold law some laws cruz believe upheld healthcare reform shutdown government trying stop gay marriage tried shut government trying stop abortion rights welfare programs the right democratic president pick supreme court justices the list goes buying gonzalez crap immediately pushed back idea constitution cool ted cruz establishing theocracy the separation church state myth constitutional fact it fact ground it part constitutional makeup the founding fathers explicit want national church can candidate like ted cruz run essentially saying would ignore part constitution saying president would actually run constitution as mediate tommy christopher pointed cruz pretty explicit idea would run white house personal church i christian first i american second i conservative third i republican fourth part problem many people ordering correct it becoming clear voters supporting cruz hoping fulfill wish reversing many secular progressive laws passed last decades particularly obama as seen battle gay marriage issue never rights people imposing conservative christian beliefs everyone america for cruz scary exchange image nbcnews