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Cuban dissents. what does that make you feel >> i think -- look, for the cuban community, it was incredibly disheartening, because my father was a political prison for six years, tower further under the fidel regi regime, and he sentence a message, really does not -- barely even addresses the freedom issue. we have cuban dissidents kicked out, not even able to attend the mass. he did not even speak about the human rights abuses so it's a very negative message and very disappointing for all of us in the cuban community. >> when the pope was talking to reporters on the flight to washington, he s...

Of that comes back to haunt us. i'm not convinced, the administration has not made the case that this is what has to happen. >> the president today said he is submitting to congress a request to rescind cuba's listing as a state sponsor of terror as part of the normalization process with cuba. will you support that? >> look i supported the president on lifting the travel ban. i think it was a freedom issue. i think americans should have the right to travel anywhere in the world that they want, including cuba. so i was very supportive of the president on that. but i think the president does hav...

Versus conservatives. let's find out where we do agree. i think the one thing we can agree on is progressive socialism is bad for the country. >> we agree on that. >> being the tax issue, the freedom issue, the liberty issue. >> we should be able to pay whoever we want, hire who we want, speak freely, keep most of what we earn and raise our kids the way we zblawant to. >> and we believe in freedom of people, not big government dictating outcomes. >> should people be allowed to gamble. >> i think they should. if you want to go out and gamble that's your money. why should i tell you what to do w...

Very little dissent. she had a friend that benefited and wrote the amendment. it was spread across texas and part of the party platform, a 32-member put it to the delegate that is didn't have to vote because the majority supported them according to adams saying this to cnn in a statement. here, i want to read this. in part it said nothing is mandatory. if a person chooses counseling, it should be available. california and new jersey have banned it altogether. no one can change the color of their skin or the place they're born but they can choose life styles. she said it's a freedom issue. >> y...

Are very conservative, have these views, but say look this is a freedom issue, i'm for this and some people i think that genuinely believe this is the end of the world as we know it and they have to flush it out. >> challenge for the party. >> the battle will be whether you want to pass legislation that bans gay marriage nationally or whether you want to continue it on a state by state basis. >> let the states deal with it. to texas, this is an incredible story and i wonder if it would be the same if the tables were turned ideologically on this. despite an 11-hour filibuster by state senator w...