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When it was pointed out to Ted Cruz that his anti-immigrant stance is unbiblical...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/16/3713159/ted-cruz-deportation/On Tuesday morning, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz spoke to a crowd of Iowa voters from a small hotel in rural eastern Iowa. As he spoke, calling for tightening immigration enforcement and securing the borders, he stood in front of a wall painted with the words of Matthew 11:28 — “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Following his remarks, Roger Farmer, a Mennonite from eastern Iowa, asked Cruz to reconcile his support for deportation with those words from the Bible. “The Bible says we should welcome the stranger and the immigrant,” he said. “That verse on the wall behind you says a similar thing. Your policies seem to be in opposition to that.”
Cruz quickly tried to justify his policies in front of the largely religious audience.
“The fact that we lock our doors doesn’t mean we hate our next door neighbors,” he said, before going on to discuss his support for securing the borders and preventing undocumented immigrants from getting into the United States. Cruz also pointed out that he is the son of a “legal immigrant” and that we should continue to welcome legal immigrants.
“We are a loving, generous, welcoming country,” the Texas senator said.
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How dare you try to hit a right-winger with Bible-quotes??? Right-wingers are the only ones who are allowed to hit others with Bible-quotes!!! The Bible says so!!! No, you may not look that up!!!
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like to use that goes like this: 'Hate the sin. Love the sinner.' The hate the sin part permits them to be bigoted assholes. The love the sinner bit lets them feel righteous about it. it's a win-win. 
