is a deep passion and you know today were pre taping at this rally here in Iowa that has thousands

decades and and I have a long record of standing in the spending religious liberty and winning successfully whether

almost seems like that everybody and i almost cases no this religious liberty case is an interesting because

and historic Lutheran church for many years the old guard hosted weddings in their church a couple years ago two men came to them and

under assault in Indiana and Arkansas as those states acted to protect religious liberty and

of the government getting in the way and and and I want to thank both of you number one for taking a stand nt

just gorgeous and here you can see the ambiance and I guess you'd sort of naturally have the flower business would become exactly part

wanted to have a same sex wedding in their church and the old guard sure devout Mennonites they very politely very respectfully submit that

people across the country who are here today who stood up for their faith and who were persecuted and you know a lot of folks in the media that

have a choice and that it's been quite painful and as a result of that we're but businesses declined and you

I believe that the freedoms and liberties in the United States of America in

I want to talk tonight about an issue that is near and dear to all of us and that is religious liberty you

on Christians in a few weeks ago I hosted a huge religious liberty rally in Iowa twenty five hundred people coming and

tell you this I spent two decades fighting to defend religious liberty over and over and over again and

when did you open it up to hosting blinks and two thousand and eight two thousand right we had beautiful wedding sit here for quite a few years and they're

run for the hills I spent two decades fighting for religious liberty and I believe twenty sixteen will be a religious liberty election and