Gary Palmer in 2014 Faith2Action iVoterGuides


On Gun Control: Opposes more gun restrictions

Question topic: More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Abortion: Human life begins at conception

Question topic: Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Palmer: Strongly Agree.

Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

Palmer: The life of the mother. If the bill that could become law included exceptions for rape and incest, I would vote it. I would not condemn to death millions of unborn children that could be saved by holding out for a bill that banned all abortions.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Civil Rights: Government shouldn't redefine marriage

Question topic: Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Education: Oppose nationwide Common Core standards

Question topic: The federal government should establish nationwide standards (such as Common Core) for high-school graduation.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Energy & Oil: Open up our vast energy resources

Question topic: Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions when these are not economically feasible.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree.

Question topic: Briefly explain political issues of most concern to you.

Palmer: Opening up our vast energy resources because that is the key to jump starting our economy, creating jobs, paying down our debt and our trade deficit. America is an energy superpower with enough energy resources to dominate the world economy for a decade or more.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Government Reform: Devolve federal programs to the states

Question topic: Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Question topic: Briefly list political or legislative issues of most concern to you.

Palmer: Restoration of Constitutional Separation of Powers and an emphasis on devolving federal programs to the states.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Government Reform: Photo ID for voting

Question topic: People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Health Care: Eliminate job killing mandates of ObamaCare

Question topic: It is the government's responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree

Question topic: The Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) should be repealed by Congress.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Question topic: Briefly list political or legislative issues of most concern to you.

Palmer: Repeal & replace ObamaCare because it is essential to helping get the economy growing again by eliminating the job killing mandates and removing the tremendous uncertainties created by ObamaCare, it is essential to allowing people to control their health care decisions which is fundamentally important to maintaining individual liberty.

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Homeland Security: Maintain a superior nuclear arsenal

Question topic: The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Immigration: Protect the borders; prevent illegal entry

Question topic: Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

On Principles & Values: Judeo-Christian values established our government framework

Question topic: Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Palmer: Strongly Disagree.

Question topic: Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Palmer: Strongly Agree

Source: Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 House campaign Sep 29, 2014

The above quotations are from Faith2Action iVoterGuide on 2014 Senate, House, and Gubernatorial races.
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