Jeb Bush | Opposes abortion rights. | Abortion ok when LIFE of mother at risk, not just her HEALTH. Defund Planned Parenthood, but not with federal shutdown. I defunded Planned Parenthood in Florida; do same federally. Parental consent; clinic regulation; pro-life counseling. Prevent use of public funds for stem cell research. Restrict abortions to incest, rape, & health. |
Ben Carson | Strongly opposes abortion rights. | Drugs OK to prevent conception in instances of rape & incest. Maybe exceptions for life of mother, not for rape or incest. No abortion for convenience. |
Chris Christie | Opposes abortion rights. | "Default pro-choice" until hearing 13-week fetal heartbeat. Ban abortions after 20 weeks, with exceptions. I'm pro-life with exceptions; take it or leave it. Put defunding of Planned Parenthood on the president's desk. Successfully defunded Planned Parenthood in New Jersey. 1994: Donated to Planned Parenthood; opposed public donation. 1996: partial birth procedure is reprehensible. |
Hillary Clinton | Strongly favors abortion rights. | Expand embryonic stem cell research. Keep abortion safe, legal and rare. Lift ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases. Must safeguard constitutional rights, including choice. NO on banning partial birth abortions except for maternal life. NO on criminal penalty for harming unborn fetus during other crime. NO on defining unborn child as eligible for SCHIP. NO on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions. NO on prohibiting minors crossing state lines for abortion. Sponsored bill for emergency contraception for rape victims. Sponsored bill providing contraceptives for low-income women. Supports parental notice & family planning. Voted liberal line on partial birth & harm to fetus. YES on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. |
Ted Cruz | | Strongly opposes abortion rights. Ban taxpayer funding of abortion & partial birth abortion. Companies can deny insuring birth control. Opposes churches providing birth control. Opposes public abortion funding. Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban. |
Carly Fiorina | Opposes abortion rights. | Ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization. Opposes both federal abortion funding & judicial activism. Opposes prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research. Sanctity of life, except in the case of rape and incest. Supports giving legal protection to unborn children. |
Rand Paul | Strongly opposes abortion rights. | Force a Senate vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. Fund community health centers instead of Planned Parenthood. Life begins at conception. Opposes federal abortion funding. Supports "Plan B" morning-after contraception. Supports religious freedom to deny contraceptive coverage. |
Marco Rubio | Strongly opposes abortion rights. | Abortion is complex issue; we must reduce the number of them. Pro-life, but understands that woman's right is the law. Abortion is complex issue; we must reduce the number of them. Ban abortion after 20 weeks. Consensus that life begins at conception; so no abortion. Expand birth control exemption for faith-based organizations. Supports prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research. |
Bernie Sanders | Strongly favors abortion rights. | Ban anti-abortion limitations on abortion services. Ensure access to and funding for contraception. Focus on preventing pregnancy, plus emergency contraception. NO on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. |
Donald Trump | Opposes abortion rights. | Ban late abortions; exceptions for rape, incest or health. Defund Planned Parenthood. Favors abortion rights but respects opposition. I am now pro-life; after years of being pro-choice. I am pro-life; fight ObamaCare abortion funding. I changed my views to pro-life based on personal stories. Planned Parenthood is important, but abortions must stop. |
Roseanne Barr | Strongly favors abortion rights. | Abortion is a woman's right. |
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Abortion Position | Belief | |
Strongly Favors | The right to abortion empowers women and is an important part of women's health rights and women's reproductive freedom. That right includes the right to a government subsidy for poor women who want an abortion. You believe in the 'Right to Choose' and are strongly pro-choice. | |
Favors | Restricting 'Partial-Birth Abortions' or other specific procedures is reasonable, but clinic access should be unfettered, since other women may choose differently than you. You are pro-choice, but believe that some restrictions are acceptable. | |
Opposes | The fetus is a human being who has rights independent of its mother's rights. You are "pro-life." While abortion under certain circumstances might be tolerated, the basic rights belong to the fetus, not the mother. | |
Strongly Opposes | Abortion is immoral because it kills a human being, and should never be tolerated. 'Roe v. Wade' should be overturned and we should protest abortion clinics as other forms of injustice are protested. | |
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Jeb Bush | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Opposes affirmative action. | Gay rights & feminism are "modern victim movements." Provide licensure exams in Spanish, for free. Dismantled Florida's affirmative action program. Replaced affirmative action with "One Florida" initiative. |
Ben Carson | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Opposes affirmative action. | Underdog status is no longer determined by race. Political correctness undermines Black Lives Matter movement. Arrests for "Driving While Black" is common. |
Chris Christie | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Neutral on affirmative action. | Black Lives Matter encourages cop killing. |
Hillary Clinton | Strongly favors legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Strongly favors affirmative action. | Equal pay is not yet equal. Human rights are women’s rights. Re-introduce the Equal Rights Amendment. We’ve come a long way on race, but we have a long way to go. |
Ted Cruz | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Opposes affirmative action. | Disallow Ku Klux Klan from participating in Adopt-A-Highway. Don't empower more lawsuits by demanding equal pay. Supports ending racial preferences for college admissions. NO on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. |
Carly Fiorina | Favors legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Favors affirmative action. | Hired by AT&T after court ordered them to promote more women. Named "Most Powerful Businesswoman", but lists are bad idea. U.S. will be better off when women have equal opportunity. Women professionals are not treated the same as men. |
Rand Paul | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Opposes affirmative action. | Women won the "war on women": they're no longer downtrodden. Boycott countries that demonize women, like Saudi Arabia. Be aware of those who are missing out on American Dream. |
Marco Rubio | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Opposes affirmative action. | Voted against Paycheck Fairness Act. Incentivize foreign language curriculum in elementary school. |
Bernie Sanders | Strongly favors legally requiring hiring women and minorities. Strongly favors affirmative action. | Affirmative Action makes up for past injustice. Until blacks, women, and other minorities are proportionately represented in the upper classes of the economy and the workplace, society owes them a hand up. Government should actively enforce Affirmative Action laws in private companies. NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. |
Donald Trump | Opposes legally requiring the hiring of women and minorities. Neutral on affirmative action. | I'm "fine" with affirmative action, for now. Political correctness is country's problem, not my problem. |
Roseanne Barr | | Require companies to hire more women & minorities. |
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Affirmative Action Position | Belief | |
Strongly Favors | Affirmative Action makes up for past injustice. Until blacks, women, and other minorities are proportionately represented in the upper classes of the economy and the workplace, society owes them a hand up. Government should actively enforce Affirmative Action laws in private companies. | |
Favors | Under-represented groups should be favored, but perhaps basing results on formal quotas goes too far. Nevertheless, the government should prosecute companies which discriminate against women and minorities. | |
Opposes | Affirmative Action is a noble idea, but should not be enforced by government. Government should enforce an end to racial prejudice, period. | |
Strongly Opposes | Affirmative Action is better described as Reverse Discrimination. Quotas based on race and gender are wrong, whichever race or gender they favor. Under-represented groups should fend for themselves without government intervention. | |
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Jeb Bush | Opposes same-sex marriage. | Don't create gays as another category of victims. Don't-ask-don't-tell ok if it doesn't affect policy. Let businesses express religious freedom against gays. Respect civil unions & same-sex lifetime commitments. |
Ben Carson | Opposes same-sex marriage. | Constitution protects gays equally, but not marriage. Give gays rights, but not marriage, because it's a choice. Legal binding relationship for gays to enjoy property rights. |
Chris Christie | Comfortable with homosexuality but opposes same-sex marriage. | Disagree with Supreme Court, but gay marriage is law of land. Homosexuality is not a sin; people are born that way. If my kids were gay, I'd give them a hug; but no marriage. Marriage is an institution between one man & one woman. |
Hillary Clinton | Strongly favors same-sex marriage. | Gays deserve domestic partnership benefits. I support gay marriage personally and as law. |
Ted Cruz | Strongly opposes same-sex marriage. | Most states can ignore Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society. Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage. |
Carly Fiorina | Comfortable with homosexuality but opposes same-sex marriage. | Supreme Court overstepped by legalizing same-sex marriage. Supports Amendment to prevent same sex marriage. Marriage is between a man and a woman; but civil unions ok. |
Rand Paul | Comfortable with homosexuality but opposes same-sex marriage. | Gay contracts ok, but gay marriage is offensive. Let states decide same-sex marriage; don't federalize it. Make federal benefits equal for gay couples. Opposes same-sex marriage. Redefining marriage leads to economic and moral problems. |
Marco Rubio | Strongly opposes gay marriage. | Strongly opposes gay marriage. |
Bernie Sanders | Strongly agrees with same-sex marriage. | Neither governments nor corporations have any right to decide about sexual preferences. Give same-sex partners the same status as heterosexual partners, and give same-sex marriages the same status as traditional marriage. |
Donald Trump | Opposes same-sex marriage. | After Supreme Court vote, gay marriage is a reality. No gay marriage; no same-sex partner benefits. Same-sex marriage is a state issue. Tolerate diversity; prosecute hate crimes against gays. |
Roseanne Barr | Strongly favors same-sex marriage. | Support same-sex domestic partnership benefits. |
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Same-Sex Marriage Position | Belief | |
Strongly Favors | Neither governments nor corporations have any right to decide about sexual preferences. Give same-sex partners the same status as heterosexual partners, and give same-sex marriages the same status as traditional marriage. | |
Favors | Homosexuals should be treated with equal respect as other members of society, not treated as criminals. You acknowledge the diversity of our society by including same-sex partners in most or all benefits of heterosexual marriage partners, but civil unions are preferable to using the term 'marriage.' | |
Opposes | Homosexuality is a lifestyle choice, and therefore those who choose it should live by the consequences of their choice. Marriage between a man and a woman is the central institution of American society - we shouldn't do anything that perverts that concept or threatens that ideal. | |
Strongly Opposes | Homosexuality is immoral. You believe that the 'Gay Agenda' seeks to normalize homosexual activity and make it part of the mainstream as 'just another lifestyle.' We must draw the line so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children. | |
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Jeb Bush | Strongly favors keeping God in the public sphere. | Don't restrict creationism discussion, but don't require it. Focus on abstinence. More government money to religious groups. School prayer OK if prayers are voluntary and student-led. |
Ben Carson | Strongly favors keeping God in the public sphere. | All religions provide beliefs that make us reasonable. End the "war on God." Islam is inconsistent with the Constitution. National Day of Prayer is a suggestion, not a requirement. PC police make us afraid to say "Merry Christmas" |
Chris Christie | Opposes keeping God in the public sphere. | Catholicism informs who I am; but not my political decisions. No federal department to promote Judeo-Christian values. |
Hillary Clinton | Opposes keeping God in the public sphere. | Allow student prayer, but no religious instruction. Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition: an anti-Family-Value voting record. Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation. Teach Bible as history & literature; not science or religion. *NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration |
Ted Cruz | Strongly favors keeping God in the public sphere. | Defend Judeo-Christian values against liberal fascism. Defend Ten Commandments and "under God" in the Pledge. Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. Stop IRS from asking: 'tell me the content of your prayers'. |
Carly Fiorina | No Data | No Data |
Rand Paul | Favors keeping God in the public sphere. | Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. Resist government imposing religious views of marriage. |
Marco Rubio | Strongly favors keeping God in the public sphere. | Acknowledge God in everything we do & everywhere we go. Rated 100% by the AU, indicating opposition to separation of church & state. Silent on voluntary school prayer. |
Bernie Sanders | Strongly opposes keeping God in the public sphere. | NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. NO on treating religious organizations equally for tax breaks. NO on responsible fatherhood via faith-based organizations. NO on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. Rated 0% by the AU, indicating support of separation of church & state. |
Donald Trump | Neutral/No Opinion | Neutral/No Opinion |
Roseanne Barr | Strongly opposes keeping God in the public sphere. | Oppose teacher-led prayer in public schools. |
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Religion (Keeping God in Public Sphere) Position | Belief | |
Strongly Favors | Judeo-Christian values are American values. Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so tax-funding religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Displaying the Ten Commandments is appropriate because they are the moral basis for Western law. The Pledge of Allegiance should continue to include the phrase "Under God." | |
Favors | We need to teach values in our schools and account for our religious values in providing social services. The more our children are exposed to prayer, the Ten Commandments, and other traditional values, the better off they are. | |
Opposes | Faith-based organizations and prayer in schools are inappropriate because they fail to recognize American pluralism and religious diversity. | |
Strongly Opposes | Separation of church and state precludes allowing school prayer, or providing funding for religious organizations. It also precludes other aspects of religion in government buildings, such as posting the Ten Commandments in public places. We should not violate the Constitutional principle in this case. | |
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Jeb Bush | Opposes less environmental regulation. | |
Ben Carson | Favors less environmental regulation. | |
Chris Christie | Favors less environmental regulation. | |
Hillary Clinton | Strongly opposes less environmental regulation. | |
Ted Cruz | Favors less environmental regulation. | |
Carly Fiorina | Favors less environmental regulation. | |
Rand Paul | Strongly favors less environmental regulation. | |
Marco Rubio | Strongly favors less environmental regulation. | |
Bernie Sanders | Strongly supports more environment regulation. | |
Donald Trump | Strongly favors less environmental regulation. | |
Roseanne Barr | Corporations befoul our food and water supply. | |