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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is urging pastors to help mobilize the evangelical vote.
The Texas senator is the only presidential hopeful scheduled to address the Family Research Council's two-day Watchmen on the Wall conference, which has attracted hundreds of evangelical pastors from across the country to Washington.
Cruz said the pastors are patriotic "warriors spreading the truth" in a nation where half of evangelical Christians don't vote.
He said Democrats' "devotion to mandatory gay marriage in all 50 states trumps any allegiance to religious liberty under the First Amendment."
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240-w-30-(Steve Coleman, AP religion editor, with Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas)--Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is urging pastors to help mobilize the evangelical vote. AP Religion Editor Steve Coleman reports. (21 May 2015)
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243-a-16-(Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addressing an evangelical pastors conference)-"vote our values"-Texas Senator Ted Cruz says evangelical Christian voters can change the course of the nation. (21 May 2015)
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242-a-12-(Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addressing an evangelical pastors conference)-"as this. Amen"-Texas Senator Ted Cruz says evangelical pastors can have a role like the Bible's Queen Esther. (21 May 2015)
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241-a-08-(Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addressing an evangelical pastors conference)-"spreading the truth"-Texas Senator Ted Cruz says the ministers need to mobilize their communities. (21 May 2015)
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244-a-10-(Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, addressing an evangelical pastors conference)-"the First Amendment"-Texas Senator Ted Cruz says today's Democrats have become radical and extreme. ((cut used in wrap)) (21 May 2015)
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