Religious Remarks of Ted Cruz's Father Are Scrutinized

A Mother Jones article yesterday explores at length controversial religious and political statements made by Rafael Cruz, father of Texas' U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. The article argues that the father's remarks are relevant to Ted Cruz's political positions because the Senator brings his father along at campaign stops, refers often to his father, and sometimes deploys his father as a surrogate for campaign events.  In April Rafael Cruz insisted to a Tea Party group that the United States is a Christian nation, and insisted that the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are a "divine revelation from God." In an August 2012 sermon at an Irving, Texas megachurch, the elder Cruz embraced Christian Dominionism and end-of-time transfer of wealth.