Ted Cruz and Ellen Paige should be applauded for their discussion on LGBT discrimination

[Super_Lantern]

Actress Ellen Page Battles Ted Cruz over ‘Religious Freedom’ and LGBT Rights


I don't even like Ted Cruz--he seems like a 24/7 panderer (that whole thing about discovering country music after 9/11 was so lame, and his sucking up to Trump)--and he sort of drops the ball at the end of the conversation

And outside of the X-men films I've never seen any of Ellen's work but both of these people had a pretty nice dialogue on LGBT discrimination and religious freedom. Ellen wasn't combative, wasn't trying to be a heckler or anything, and Cruz didn't get super defensive. He tried to answer her questions, and even though she didn't agree with most of what he said, she seemed to accept the answers he gave.


A nice example of a civil discussion on the campaign trail

 

[RodISHI]

Looked like he did a good job explaining his position even when she interupted he tried to stay on track.

 

[Super_Lantern]

Looked like he did a good job explaining his position even when she interupted he tried to stay on track.

And even though she did do some interrupting it wasn't half as bad as some confrontations on the campaign trail can be. And she seemed to accept his offer to answer her questions as long as it didn't turn into back-and-forth interrupting

 

[candycorn]

I can see Ellen Page as an Ambassador in Clinton's State Dept.

 

[Blackrook]

If LGBT people want to kill the First Amendment religious freedom, they will regret it as soon as a city denies them the First Amendment right to have a "Gay Pride" parade.