{"id":3320,"date":"2016-04-30T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T11:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/30\/satanists-want-nothing-to-do-with-ted-cruz-even-if-he-is-lucifer-in-the-flesh\/"},"modified":"2016-04-30T19:15:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T11:15:45","slug":"satanists-want-nothing-to-do-with-ted-cruz-even-if-he-is-lucifer-in-the-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/30\/satanists-want-nothing-to-do-with-ted-cruz-even-if-he-is-lucifer-in-the-flesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanists want nothing to do with Ted Cruz, even if he is &#039;Lucifer in the flesh&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ap_913483775340\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzMwL2YzL0FQXzkxMzQ4Mzc3LmFhYjIzLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/246ddfaa\/673\/AP_913483775340.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Satanists+want+nothing+to+do+with+Ted+Cruz%2C+even+if+he+is+%27Lucifer+in+the+flesh%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F30%2Fted-cruz-satanic-temple%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F30%2Fted-cruz-satanic-temple%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>First former Speaker of the House John Boehner calls him &#8220;Lucifer in the flesh&#8221; then a representative for the Satanic Temple says presidential hopeful Ted Cruz lacks compassion. It&#8217;s been a tough week for the Texas senator.<\/p>\n<p>After Boehner criticized his fellow Republicans&#8217; prickly nature while speaking at Stanford University on Wednesday night, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2016\/04\/28\/the-satanic-temple-weighs-in-on-john-boehner-calling-ted-cruz-lucifer-in-the-flesh\/\">The Friendly Atheist<\/a> <\/i>blog reached out to the Satanic Temple for their thoughts on the matter. They want nothing to do with Cruz, said spokesman Lucien Greaves.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/29\/trump-violent-protest-orange-county\/\">Protesters smash police car, block freeway at California Trump rally<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ouch. The temple, which has multiple chapters, &#8220;facilitates the communication and mobilization of politically aware Satanists, secularists, and advocates for individual liberty,&#8221; according to its website.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/30\/ted-cruz-satanic-temple\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/john-boehner\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">John Boehner<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/donald-trump\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/election-2016\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Election 2016<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/ted-cruz\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/lOopTzKxD2I\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First former Speaker of the House John Boehner calls him &#8220;Lucifer in the flesh&#8221; then a representative for the Satanic Temple says presidential hopeful Ted Cruz lacks compassion. It&#8217;s been a tough week for the Texas senator. After Boehner criticized &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/30\/satanists-want-nothing-to-do-with-ted-cruz-even-if-he-is-lucifer-in-the-flesh\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[833,835,2583,1051,1112],"class_list":["post-3320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-donald-trump","tag-election-2016","tag-john-boehner","tag-ted-cruz","tag-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}