Leading up to Tuesday night's primary in New York, presidential candidate Ted Cruz participated in a town hall on Good Morning America, where a gay man asked him to address the heated topic of religious liberty. 

Identifying himself as a lifelong Republican, the man asked Cruz to explain his position on religious freedom and whether or not it constituted discrimination. Cruz responded:

When it comes to religious liberty, religious liberty is something that protects all of us; it applies to Christians, it applies to Jews, it applies to Muslims, it applies to atheists.

All of us, we want to live in a world where we don't have the government dictating our beliefs, dictating how we live. We have the right to live according to our faith, according to our conscience. 

That freedom ultimately protects each and every one of us, and we shouldn't have to force people to give up their faith and give up their belief. 

The conversation then shifted toward overturning the Supreme Court's ruling regarding same-sex marriage, when Cruz was asked why he supports that position. His answer came down to the Constitution. 

"If someone wants to change the marriage laws, I don't think it should be five unelected lawyers down in Washington," he said. "We would expect the people in New York to adopt different laws than perhaps in California or Texas or Florida."

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