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Strongly Opposes
Abortion is a woman's right
Abortion: The unborn have rights; defund the abortion industry
Abortion: Abortion is greatest evil since slavery
Abortion: Strictly pro-life Supreme Court & Vice Pres. nominees
Strongly Opposes
Require companies to hire more women & minorities
Civil Rights: End racial busing, quotas, & contract set-asides
Civil Rights: Racial & gender entitlements are Govt-sponsored prejudice
Civil Rights: Color-blind laws: end trendy bigotry of diversity
Strongly Opposes
Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws
Civil Rights: Gay pride equated with moral decline and cultural decadence
Civil Rights: Opposes gay rights agenda in its entirety
Civil Rights: All lifestyles are not equal; some ideas are wrong
Civil Rights: No gay VP; no gays in Cabinet; it’s “a disorder”
Supports
Organized Prayer In Public Schools
Civil Rights: Take country back from ACLU; allow school prayer & gay bans
Education: Bring God and prayer back to public schools
Families & Children: Home schooling teaches children values
Education: For school prayer; against multiculturalism
Principles & Values: Traditional morality fights culture war against secularists
Opposes
More Federal Funding for Health Coverage
Health Care: Self-finance Medicare by self-investing
Health Care: Against national health system & federal takeover
Health Care: Supports catastrophic health insurance, privately paid
Supports
Privatize Social Security
Social Security: Option for private investment, with public fall-back
Social Security: Put Medicare taxes into personal insurance accounts
Social Security: Medicare: no socialized system; no expansion
Supports
Parents Choose Schools via Vouchers
School Choice: Support home schooling but don’t give up on public schools
School Choice: For vouchers, charter schools, & homeschooling
School Choice: Decisions by parents and teachers, not bureaucrats
Supports
Death Penalty
Crime: Prompt death penalty would stop mass murderers
Supports
Mandatory "Three Strikes" Sentencing Laws
Crime: Stop gun rampages by requiring press silence
Crime: Clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists is “shameful”
Families & Children: Littleton due to poisoned culture declaring “God is dead”
Strongly Supports
Absolute right to gun ownership
Gun Control: Stop using heinous crimes to take away 2nd amendment rights
Gun Control: Faithfully protects 2nd Amendment, except for felons
Gun Control: Columbine shootings due to Hollywood, not guns
Strongly Supports
Make Income Tax Flatter & Lower
Tax Reform: Flat 16% tax on earnings over $35,000, plus import tariffs
Tax Reform: Dump our tyrannical 7 million-word tax code
Tax Reform: Budget surplus and import fees go to tax cuts
Strongly Opposes
Immigration helps our economy-encourage it
Immigration: A million immigrants a year: “we’re gonna lose our country”
Immigration: Most pressing foreign policy crisis: illegal immigration
Immigration: Immigration “time out”; reduce to 250,000 per year
Free Trade: Secure our porous borders; teach immigrants English
Strongly Opposes
Support & Expand Free Trade
Free Trade: WTO is first step toward world government
Free Trade: NAFTA & GATT sold out America’s workers
Free Trade: Unapologetic about protectionism
Strongly Supports
Link Human Rights to trade with China
China: China trade pact is a complete sellout
China: Don’t aggravate Beijing, but don’t appease
Free Trade: More import tariffs: 10% on Japan; 20% on China
China: China: Shame the regime & end trade concessions
Strongly Supports
More Spending on Armed Forces Personnel
Defense: Pay soldiers more; end “social labs”; exit Balkans
Opposes
Reduce spending on Missile Defense ("Star Wars")
Defense: Build SDI; “Retrench and rearm”
Strongly Opposes
Continue Foreign Aid to Russia, Israel, & others
Foreign Policy: Struggle against emerging world government
Foreign Policy: Practice “masterly inactivity,” not “entangling alliances”
Foreign Policy: Withdraw from UN; Kyoto Treaty; Rome Treaty
Foreign Policy: End foreign aid; withdraw from most of IMF
Strongly Opposes
Spend Resources to Stop Global Warming
Environment: Energy independence by developing Caspian pipelines
Environment: Explore ANWR; reconsider nuclear power & oil import fee
Environment: Opposes raising CAFE standards
Environment: Opposes Kyoto Treaty because it regulates US most
Supports
Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it
Drugs: Drug usage is not a victimless crime; so keep marijuana ban
Drugs: Open Mexican border invites drug trafficking
Supports
Allow churches to provide welfare services
Welfare & Poverty: Welfare is a state and local responsibility

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