Here's a taste of what President Paul or President Cruz would do, if ever elected to the highest office in the land. Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) blasted a judge's decision Thursday to hold Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in contempt of court. "I think it's absurd to put someone in jail for exercising their religious liberty," Paul said on CNN's "Wolf," citing his home state clerk's "heartfelt conviction. Cruz, a vocal opponent of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing same-sex marriage this summer, also rebuked the judge. "Today, judicial lawlessness crossed into judicial tyranny." "Today, for the first time ever, the government arrested a Christian woman for living according to her faith.