| VoteMatch Responses
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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 Abortion is a woman's right | Abortion: God’s choice: “Just Say No” to abortion Abortion: Abortion is unjust and immoral. Abortion: Mothers have no right to take a fetus’ life. Abortion: Abortion issue epitomizes corruption of freedom |
| Strongly Opposes Require companies to hire more women & minorities | Civil Rights: Preferential treatments are wrong and unjust. Civil Rights: Preferential affirmative action is patronizing. |
| Strongly Opposes Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws | Civil Rights: Oppose gay agenda in military & marriage laws Civil Rights: Against homosexual marriage. Civil Rights: Against treating sexual orientation as a civil right. Civil Rights: Gay rights aren’t like racial rights, because it’s behavior |
| Strongly Supports Organized Prayer In Public Schools | Civil Rights: Ten Commandments & prayer should be in schools Education: Let God into schools to keep Columbine shooters out Civil Rights: School prayer is constitutional. Education: The Constitution does not forbid prayer in schools. Education: We need prayer in schools and by educators. |
| Strongly Opposes More Federal Funding for Health Coverage | Health Care: Health care choice will save money for long-term health care Health Care: Patient rights & HMO rights are not federal responsibility Health Care: Let market determine health payments, not bureaucrats Health Care: Universal health ID’s are a threat to liberty |
| Supports Privatize Social Security | Social Security: Supports privatization & Lock-box Social Security: Let people who earn their money invest their own money |
| Strongly Supports Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers | School Choice: Pro-voucher; gov’t out of K-12 education School Choice: Money should follow parents’ education choices School Choice: Empower parents against the monopoly of public schools. |
| Supports Death Penalty | Crime: Without death penalty for murder, we disregard life Crime: Supports capital punishment. Crime: Capital punishment is necessary to show respect for life |
| Supports Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws | Crime: Stricter penalties; truth in sentencing Education: Violence in schools due to loss of moral heritage Crime: External violence results from internal lawlessness |
| Strongly Supports Absolute right to gun ownership | Gun Control: Columbine killers lacked moral development - not gun laws Gun Control: Against banning guns since that won’t end violence. Gun Control: Supports right to bear arms for all types and uses of guns. Gun Control: No bans on legal firearms; allow concealed carry |
| Strongly Supports Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower | Tax Reform: Replace income tax with tariffs & duties Tax Reform: Any income tax is tax-slavery - sales tax instead Tax Reform: Against flat tax -- a distraction for abolishing income tax. Tax Reform: “Soak the rich” schemes have socialist objectives |
| Supports Immigration helps our economy-encourage it | Free Trade: Separate naturalization (legal) from border patrols Immigration: Expand legal immigration; curtail illegal immigration |
| Strongly Opposes Support & Expand Free Trade | Free Trade: Entering WTO gave away part of our sovereignty Free Trade: Out of WTO: no legislation without representation Free Trade: WTO allows dictators to decide our future - US out |
| Strongly Supports Link Human Rights to trade with China | China: Clarifying commitment to Taiwan avoids Chinese attack Defense: Defend human rights & self-govt within national interests China: An egregious abuser of human life and human rights |
| Supports More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel | Foreign Policy: Routine military intervention is wrong Defense: Keep some forces abroad, but avoid globalism War & Peace: Kosovo sets precedent for more future intervention |
| Opposes Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars") | Defense: Set aside the ABM treaty and build SDI Defense: Rapidly develop & deploy an anti-missile defense system Defense: Missile defense umbrella including Taiwan |
| Opposes Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others | Foreign Policy: Against paying UN until they reform Foreign Policy: South Africa: Venture capital instead of foreign aid War & Peace: Support Israel on moral grounds, not economic nor strategic |
| Strongly Opposes Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming | Environment: Explore & exploit ANWR, while respecting ecology Environment: Supports marketable pollution credits; against regulations Environment: Against Kyoto Treaty; for market-based solutions Environment: CAFE standards kill - abolish them |
| Strongly Supports Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it | Drugs: Stricter drug penalties; more border security Drugs: It’s a moral crisis, not a drug problem Drugs: Drug problem is a symptom of governmental lack of discipline Drugs: Increase penalties for selling drugs |
| Strongly Supports Allow churches to provide welfare services | Welfare & Poverty: Volunteer for community service; not via government funding Welfare & Poverty: Shift welfare from government to the faith sector |