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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)	Judeo-Christian heritage fosters culture of life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Euthanasia cheapens life just like abortion & infanticide: Strongly Opposes topic 1 I’m pro-life: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Prohibit transporting minors across state lines for abortion: Opposes topic 1 YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions: Strongly Opposes topic 1 NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research: Opposes topic 1 NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines: Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Rated 33% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance: Strongly Opposes topic 2 NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-5 points on Social scale)	Strong views opposing same-sex marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Supports constitutional amendment to define marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Rated 0% by the HRC, indicating an anti-gay-rights stance: Strongly Opposes topic 3 YES on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (-5 points on Social scale)	Rated 0% by the AU, indicating opposition to church-state separation: Strongly Favors topic 4 NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance: Favors topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty for violent child rape: Strongly Favors topic 8 Capital punishment for rape as well as murder: Favors topic 8
Favors topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (-3 points on Social scale)	Chemical castration for sexual predators: Strongly Favors topic 9 Increase penalties on child predators and sex offenders: Favors topic 9 Increase scrutiny & penalties for school child abuse: Favors topic 9 YES on expanding services for offenders' re-entry into society: Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Ban gun registration & trigger lock law in Washington DC: Strongly Favors topic 10 YES on prohibiting product misuse lawsuits on gun manufacturers: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Market-based alternatives to top-down ObamaCare: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Healthcare is a right; but instrument is the marketplace: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Universal access, but not government-run: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Move away from ER to primary care; cover 100,000 uninsured: Favors topic 5 Loosen "one-size-fits-all" approach to Medicaid: Opposes topic 5 YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay: Strongly Opposes topic 5 NO on requiring negotiated Rx prices for Medicare part D: Opposes topic 5
Neutral 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)	Pay 90% of public school cost as private & parochial tuition: Strongly Favors topic 7 I favor whatever works, including vouchers & charters: Strongly Favors topic 7 Reinvented New Orleans with private/parochial scholarships: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+5 points on Economic scale)	Develop any & all methods of producing energy: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade is a jobs bill for other countries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 More renewables; more nuclear power, more drilling: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Rated 0% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence: Opposes topic 18 Stop harmful EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on authorizing construction of new oil refineries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on scheduling permitting for new oil refinieries: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on keeping moratorium on drilling for oil offshore: Strongly Opposes topic 18 NO on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies: Strongly Opposes topic 18 YES on criminalizing oil cartels like OPEC: Favors topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (-5 points on Social scale)	Never experimented with drugs as a youth: Favors topic 19 Rated -10 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance: Strongly Favors topic 19
Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+2 points on Economic scale)	Tap faith-based groups to run charter schools: Favors topic 20 Faith-based groups moved faster than feds during Katrina: Favors topic 20 Family values reduce poverty; war on poverty doesn't: Favors topic 20 Feds obliged to care for those who can't care for themselves: Opposes topic 20 Land of the Free shouldn't become Land of the Free Lunch: Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	The more you pay in taxes the less you are free: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Create jobs by lowering tax rates for families & business: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Federal tax rebate should be exempted from state income tax: Opposes topic 11 Eliminate the permanent tax on business utilities: Opposes topic 11 Speed up the elimination of the tax on capital debt: Opposes topic 11 Make the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Rated 0% by the CTJ, indicating opposition to progressive taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge: Strongly Opposes topic 11 YES on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Enforce existing laws & refocus on high-skill immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Rated 100% by USBC, indicating a sealed-border stance: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Government services in English only: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Declare English as the official language of the US: Opposes topic 12 YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project: Strongly Opposes topic 12 YES on building a fence along the Mexican border: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 15: Expand the armed forces (-3 points on Social scale)	Ill-advised to scale back missile defense: Strongly Favors topic 15 Make no apologies when we must use our military strength: Strongly Favors topic 15 Now is no time to cut funding for our troops: Strongly Favors topic 15 YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses: Favors topic 15 YES on restricting no-bid defense contracts: Strongly Opposes topic 15
Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (-3 points on Economic scale)	Make being a Congressman a part-time job: Favors topic 16 YES on restricting independent grassroots political committees: Opposes topic 16 YES on requiring lobbyist disclosure of bundled donations: Strongly Favors topic 16
Strongly Opposes topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (-5 points on Social scale)	Don't give Miranda rights to terrorists: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight: Strongly Opposes topic 14 YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 17: US out of Iraq & Afghanistan (-5 points on Social scale)	YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date: Strongly Opposes topic 17 NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days: Strongly Opposes topic 17