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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)	Life begins at conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade is a usurpation of Constitutional authority: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion is a holocaust: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Require hiring more women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	Government should stay out of employment decisions: Strongly Opposes topic 2
Opposes topic 3: Same-sex domestic partnership benefits (-3 points on Social scale)	God intended for marriage to be between a man and a woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 1st amendment prohibits government from regulating marriage: Favors topic 3 No special consideration for homosexuals: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let churches define marriage without government involvement: Opposes topic 3 Separate Marriage & State: let churches marry whom they want: Strongly Favors topic 3
Opposes topic 4: Teacher-led prayer in public schools (+2 points on Social scale)	Whose "family values" would be taught in public schools?: Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 8: Death Penalty (-5 points on Social scale)	Apply Bible principle of "two witnesses" for death penalty: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (+5 points on Social scale)	No mandatory sentencing laws--we have too many incarcerated: Strongly Opposes topic 9 Immoral prison industry creates an American Gulag: Strongly Opposes topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Individual right to gun ownership, not collective right: Strongly Favors topic 10 Any ban on any gun directly conflicts with Constitution: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (+5 points on Economic scale)	Enough federal funding for health coverage already: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Congress has no Constitutional authority over health care: Strongly Opposes topic 5 High health care costs are symptom of federal meddling: Strongly Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Supports privatizing social security: Strongly Favors topic 6 Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme: Strongly Favors topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (-5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes vouchers because government would regulate them: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Opposes topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (+2 points on Economic scale)	Augment coal & oil with alternatives: Favors topic 18 Global Warming is all a hoax: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (+5 points on Social scale)	Move from incarceration policy to treatment based solution: Strongly Opposes topic 19 The "war" on drugs has been a spectacular failure: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Tobacco & obesity kill many more people than drug abuse: Opposes topic 19
Strongly Favors topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (+5 points on Economic scale)	Welfare services belong in churches: Strongly Favors topic 20
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Make taxes more progressive (+5 points on Economic scale)	Opposes progressive taxes; supports cutting budget by 85%: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Serious question whether any of our wages are taxable: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (-5 points on Social scale)	Do not reward criminal immigration behavior: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Our borders are a virtual sieve: Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Free trade but not NAFTA, GATT, & WTO: Favors topic 13 Terminate NAFTA, GATT, WTO and MFN: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Support free and fair trade, plus anti-dumping laws: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the armed forces (+5 points on Social scale)	We spend $1T per year to defend our empire: Strongly Opposes topic 15 We spend more money on military than rest of world combined: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Declare victory in Afghanistan and bring our troops home: Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (+2 points on Economic scale)	Opposes stricter limits on political campaign funds: Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (+2 points on Social scale)	The Patriot Act is an atrocious piece of legislation: Strongly Favors topic 14 Real threat is elaborate deception concocting war on terror: Strongly Favors topic 14 Do you feel safer with feds snooping around your affairs?: Strongly Opposes topic 14
Strongly Favors topic 17: US out of Iraq (+5 points on Social scale)	Remove all foreign troops from Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 17 Occupation of Iraq is immoral and illegal: Strongly Favors topic 17 Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11; troops home immediately: Strongly Favors topic 17