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| Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale) |
Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Companies can deny insuring birth control: Opposes topic 1 Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Opposes public abortion funding: Opposes topic 1 Opposes churches providing birth control: Opposes topic 1 |
| No opinion on topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale) |
Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway: Favors topic 2 NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act: Opposes topic 2 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale) |
Pray against a court decision legalizing same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Zealotry on same-sex marriage leaves out religious liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes the unrelenting assault on traditional marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Overturn Supreme Court with anti-gay marriage Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports defining traditional marriage: Opposes topic 3 Supports banning military gay marriage: Opposes topic 3 Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 |
| Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale) |
Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism: Strongly Favors topic 4 Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers': Strongly Favors topic 4 Government checks create dependency: Favors topic 4 Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge: Strongly Favors topic 4 Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale) |
I regret voting for John Roberts because of ObamaCare vote: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Washington wants ObamaCare, the people want liberty: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Support nuns' battle for religious liberty against ObamaCare: Opposes topic 5 To repeal ObamaCare, show Dems they'd lose by supporting it: Opposes topic 5 5 million had health insurance canceled because of ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Vow to repeal ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Save Medicare by raising eligibility age: Favors topic 5 Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Repeal any federal health care takeover: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports repealing ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Supports market-based health insurance: Opposes topic 5 |
| Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Raise retirement age; cap increases to inflation rate: Favors topic 6 Transition younger workers into personal savings system: Favors topic 6 Rated 0% by ARA, indicating a pro-privatization stance: Strongly Favors topic 6 |
| Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Right to education: public, private, charter, or homeschool: Strongly Favors topic 7 Education decisions best made at local level: Favors topic 7 Denounce the Common Core State Standards: Favors topic 7 |
| Favors topic 8: EPA regulations are too restrictive (-3 points on Social scale) |
NO on protecting ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems: Favors topic 8 |
| Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale) |
World Court should have no say in Texas executions: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fully monitor sexual predators & bring them to justice: Favors topic 9 Supports the death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
| Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions: Strongly Favors topic 10 Opposes restricting the Second Amendment: Favors topic 10 NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
| Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale) |
Abolish the IRS: Strongly Favors topic 11 Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code: Opposes topic 11 Adopt a single-rate tax system: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Opposes increasing tax rates: Opposes topic 11 Supports eliminating the inheritance tax: Opposes topic 11 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale) |
End Obama's illegal amnesty via Congress' checks & balances: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Defund amnesty; and refuse any nominees until rescinded: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Give police more power to ask about immigration status: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Boots on the ground, plus a wall: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Triple the size of the Border Patrol: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Strengthen border security and increase enforcement: Strongly Opposes topic 12 |
| Strongly Favors topic 13: Support & expand free trade (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Defended Chinese company on intellectual property theft: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
| Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Don't let world courts bind American sovereignty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Cuba is oppressive but never misses chance to propagandize: Favors topic 14 America is indispensable; our allies need our leadership: Strongly Favors topic 14 US has a responsibility to defend our values abroad: Favors topic 14 Sponsored opposing the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty: Favors topic 14 |
| Strongly Favors topic 15: Expand the military (-5 points on Social scale) |
Vital role for deploying military force abroad: Strongly Favors topic 15 Fierce advocate of recruiting and growing the military: Strongly Favors topic 15 |
| No opinion on topic 16: Make voter registration easier (0 points on Social scale) |
If you like special interests, I ain't your guy: Favors topic 16 Require voters to show ID to avoid voter fraud: Opposes topic 16 |
| Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale) |
Toughen sanctions on Iran, to safeguard America: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm the Kurds to fight ISIS, with US air support: Opposes topic 17 Bomb ISIS back to the Stone Age: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Arm & aid the Peshmerga Kurds against ISIS: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Don't arm Syrian rebels without a clear plan to combat ISIS: Favors topic 17 Vigorous sanctions against Putin; help eastern Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Install Eastern European ABMs; stand up to Russia in Ukraine: Opposes topic 17 Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan went on too long: Favors topic 17 Sponsored shutting down Iranian foreign reserves: Opposes topic 17 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low: Opposes topic 18 Let states lease energy rights on federal lands: Strongly Opposes topic 18 |
| Opposes topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (+2 points on Social scale) |
Lower minimums and mandatory sentencing for drugs: Opposes topic 19 |
| Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale) |
Pass a flat tax and abolish the IRS, and jobs will follow: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Debt ceiling limits "blank check" of federal spending: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Limit federal spending growth to per-capita inflation rate: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge: Opposes topic 20 Audit the Federal Reserve & its actions on mortgage loans: Opposes topic 20 |
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