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VoteMatch Question & Answer (Click on question for explanation and background)	Based on these stances: (Click on topic for excerpt & citation)
Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (-5 points on Social scale)	Since Framers didn't allow abortion, the issue is settled: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Leave abortion to states; Court should get out of this area: Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided & should be overturned: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	All-male military schools like VMI should stay all-male: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Limit employer liability for sexual harassment by employees: Opposes topic 2 Employee must prove negligence to sue city for harassment: Opposes topic 2 Sociological analysis insufficient to prove gender bias: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Hate crimes must be separate crimes, not just for sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rape victims cannot sue their alleged attackers: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Fear the judicial imposition of homosexual marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Coloradans entitled to be hostile toward homosexual conduct: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposed banning homosexual sodomy laws: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don't recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposing homosexuality not as reprehensible as racial bias: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Legal sodomy leads to legal incest, adultery, & bestiality: Strongly Opposes topic 3 1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: Opposes topic 3 State laws should not protect gay rights: Opposes topic 3 Boy Scouts may exclude gay scoutmasters: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Founders engaged in explicitly religious official acts: Strongly Favors topic 4 Unconstitutional to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Favors topic 4 Paying taxes insufficient to oppose religious or any credits: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	International Court not grounds for stay of execution: Strongly Favors topic 8 Shorten time between sentencing and executions: Strongly Favors topic 8 Life-sentence alternative doesn't affect death sentence: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Scientific testing requires live testimony in criminal cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 OK to lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Favors topic 9 Miranda rights can be overruled by Congress: Strongly Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Felons may possess guns unless state explicitly prohibits it: Favors topic 10 Right to gun ownership is individual, not collective: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+2 points on Economic scale)	OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional: Opposes topic 5 OpEd: Commerce regulation beliefs indicate ObamaCare support: Favors topic 5 States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools: Opposes topic 5 States have no authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Opposes topic 5 States decide insurance issues, not federal government: Neutral on topic 5 Federal law pre-empts state laws on generic drug warning: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers ok if neutral with respect to religion: Favors topic 7 Taxpayer funding OK for parochial school materials: Strongly Favors topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	Don't lump all companies when evaluating carbon emissions: Opposes topic 18 No disclosure needed by Cheney energy task force: Strongly Opposes topic 18 EPA's Clean Air Act can regulate pollutants but not CO2: Opposes topic 18 Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Can't sue polluters after they stop polluting: Opposes topic 18 Limit CWA restrictions to navigable waterways: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	Sentences should stand despite crack-vs.-powder rule change: Favors topic 19 Tactile inspection for drugs should be legal, like visual: Strongly Favors topic 19 Roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs are OK: Strongly Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+2 points on Economic scale)	Protect private property from government regulations: Opposes topic 11 Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	No judicial limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Automatic deportation for aliens convicted of crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Opposes topic 12 INS may hold suspects for deportation, but habeas applies: Opposes topic 12 AZ may revoke licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sovereign immunity only applies to foreign-owned companies: Opposes topic 13
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the armed forces (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+5 points on Economic scale)	Public campaign finance can't be based on opponent spending: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	Guantanamo rights cause more Americans to be killed: Strongly Favors topic 14 US must charge crimes or suspend habeas to hold citizen: Strongly Favors topic 14 No statute gives habeas review for non-citizens outside US: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	Broad discretionary authority for the president: Opposes topic 17 Foreign laws ought to be rejected out of hand: Strongly Opposes topic 17