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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman’s unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Christians & Jews believe in the right to life: Opposes topic 1 Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench: Opposes topic 1 Save “snowflake babies”: no experiments on frozen embryos: Opposes topic 1 No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1 Define unborn life as a fundamental right: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Personal history–conceived in rape–makes him anti-abortion: Opposes topic 1 There is no ‘right of privacy’ in the Constitution: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Affirmative action based on race is racist: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Respect people’s freedom but don’t sanction gay behavior: Opposes topic 3 Stand up for proper behavior or we end up with bestiality: Opposes topic 3 Marriage about protecting children; not homosexual largesse: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes “hate crimes” legislation: Opposes topic 3 Schools forfeit funds if they expose kids to gay propaganda: Opposes topic 3 No “sexual orientation” in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3 Swift passage of the Federal Marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Favors amendment to the Constitution to define marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Impeach judges for barring legislature prayers to Jesus: Favors topic 4 Present scientific facts that support creationism: Favors topic 4 Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God: Strongly Favors topic 4 Ok if church identifies candidates who favor its principles: Favors topic 4 Protect military chaplains’ right to pray in preferred faith: Favors topic 4 Allow Christian symbols in national war memorials: Favors topic 4 No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4 Government should be family friendly: Favors topic 4 Constitution does not require freedom FROM religion: Favors topic 4 Students should not be forced to pray, but should be allowed: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Public-private partnership to get vaccinations done: Neutral on topic 5 Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Competition brings down costs and improves efficiency: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supply-and-demand will improve the health care crisis: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one’s future: Favors topic 6 Private retirement accounts are best reform: Strongly Favors topic 6 Social Security was an overreaction to the Great Depression: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	I am a school choice advocate; I will push to end tenure: Strongly Favors topic 7 COVID: Let parents utilize open private or public schools: Favors topic 7 School choice avoids transvestite teachers: Strongly Favors topic 7 Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7 School monopoly is problem; competition is answer: Strongly Favors topic 7 Eliminate Department of Education; allow local school choice: Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	Blaming climate change for wildfires unacceptable: Strongly Favors topic 8 Replace Environmental Quality Act to allow building: Strongly Favors topic 8 Environmental regs crush business: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (+5 points on Social scale)	Morally opposed to death penalty, even for Tim McVeigh: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Gun control doesn’t work: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun control is a waste of time: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	I will reduce California’s sky-high sales taxes, gas taxes: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Roll back tide of tax increases & job killing regulations: Strongly Opposes topic 11 California is over-taxed and over-regulated: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminate the IRS; support the Fair Tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Eliminate the Death Tax; veto all tax increases: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Scrap the Tax Code and get rid of the income tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 National sales tax doesn’t hit the poor: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	Border wall needs to be built, to keep out MS-13: Strongly Favors topic 12 Sanctuary State law puts our families at risk: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Rescind Bush’s order allowing Mexican trucks on US roads: Opposes topic 12 Oppose amnesty & guest workers until unemployment under 5%: Opposes topic 12 No guest worker program; it creates second class citizens: Opposes topic 12 Amnesty is not the answer, nor are guest workers: Strongly Opposes topic 12 We need to seal our borders, but don’t bash immigrants: Opposes topic 12 12 million illegal immigrants need to leave: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Don’t reward illegal behavior with social programs: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Trade is a weapon of peace: Favors topic 13 Trade sanctions on Saudi Arabia for persecuting Christians: Opposes topic 13 China trade contingent on human rights & product safety: Opposes topic 13 No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13 Level playing field for family farms over corporate farms: Opposes topic 13 I support free but fair trade policies: Strongly Opposes topic 13 End discrimination against domestic manufacturers: Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Monitor the eradication of legal slavery in Sudan: Favors topic 14 Avoid ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Never surrender the sovereignty of the United States: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale)	Nuclear shield to make nuclear weapons obsolete: Strongly Favors topic 15 Increase the size of the military: Strongly Favors topic 15
Favors topic 16: Make voter registration easier (+2 points on Social scale)	I’m the outsider, not beholden to any donors: Favors topic 16 Smaller districts better against special interests: Favors topic 16 Disclosure is best disinfectant for diseased campaign system: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Signed term limit pledge: 6 years House; 12 years Senate: Favors topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Don’t pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace: Strongly Favors topic 17 Saddam was a threat to US because he had oil: Opposes topic 17 Autonomy for Christians in Iraq’s Nineveh region: Opposes topic 17 Must win in Iraq; fight terror over there, not over here: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Supported war; but now a disaster since oil pumping so low: Opposes topic 17 Right to take the fight to the terrorists in Iraq: Opposes topic 17 Redeploy after Muslim forces replace Americans: Opposes topic 17 Success in Iraq means economy prospers & unemployment down: Opposes topic 17 Opposes troop surge in Iraq: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	We must employ an all-of-the-above strategy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Support domestic drilling; oppose Kyoto Treaty: Strongly Opposes topic 18
No opinion on topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Worried about COVID restrictions on hospitality, jobs: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Rein in out-of-control spending and balance the budget: Opposes topic 20 Veto every federal budget that is not balanced, period: Opposes topic 20

John Cox is a Libertarian-Leaning Conservative
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