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Paul Sadler on Civil Rights

 


Marriage equality for all Americans

Q: Do you support same-sex domestic partnership benefits?

A: Paul Sadler supports full civil rights and marriage equality for all Americans.

Source: E-mail interview with OnTheIssues.org on 2012 Senate race , Apr 20, 2012

End discriminatory hiring practices

Q: Do you support requiring companies to hire more women & minorities?

A: Clearly, the federal government cannot "require" companies to hire anyone. The government can punish discrimination, and Paul supports policies to end discriminatory hiring practices.

Source: E-mail interview with OnTheIssues.org on 2012 Senate race , Apr 19, 2012

No same-sex marriage; no hate crime definition for gays

Q: Do you believe that the Texas government should include sexual orientation in Texas' anti-discrimination laws?

A: No.

Q: Do you believe that the Texas government should recognize same-sex marriages?

A: No.

Source: Texas State 1998 National Political Awareness Test , Nov 1, 1998

No affirmative action in state government decisions

Q: On affirmative action, should state government take race and sex into account college and university admissions?

A: No.

Q: In public employment?

A: No.

Q: In state contracting?

A: No.

Source: Texas State 1998 National Political Awareness Test , Nov 1, 1998

Opposes defining traditional marriage.

Sadler opposes the CC Voters Guide question on same-sex marriage

Christian Coalition publishes a number of special voter educational materials including the Christian Coalition Voter Guides, which provide voters with critical information about where candidates stand on important faith and family issues. The Christian Coalition Voters Guide summarizes candidate stances on the following topic: "Maintaining current federal law defining marriage as one man and one woman"

Source: Christian Coalition Voter Guide 12-CC-q3b on Oct 31, 2012

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AZ:Kyl(R)
CT:Lieberman(D)
HI:Akaka(D)
ME:Snowe(R)
ND:Conrad(D)
NE:Nelson(D)
NM:Bingaman(D)
TX:Hutchison(R)
VA:Webb(D)
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AZ:Flake(R) vs.Carmona(D)
CA:Feinstein(D) vs.Emken(R) vs.Lightfoot(L)
CT:McMahon(R) vs.Murphy(D)
DE:Carper(D) vs.Wade(R) vs.Pires(I)
FL:Nelson(D) vs.Mack(R)
HI:Hirono(D) vs.Lingle(R) vs.Case(D) vs.Pirkowski(R)
IN:Lugar(R) vs.Mourdock(R) vs.Donnelly(D)
MA:Brown(R) vs.Warren(D)
MD:Cardin(D) vs.Bongino(R) vs.Sobhani(I)
ME:King(I) vs.Dill(D) vs.Summers(R)
MI:Stabenow(D) vs.Hoekstra(R) vs.Boman(L)
MN:Klobuchar(D) vs.Bills(R)
MO:McCaskill(D) vs.Akin(R)
MS:Wicker(R) vs.Gore(D)
MT:Tester(D) vs.Rehberg(R)

ND:Heitkamp(D) vs.Berg(R)
NE:Kerrey(D) vs.Fischer(R)
NJ:Menendez(D) vs.Kyrillos(R) vs.Diakos(I)
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NY:Gillibrand(D) vs.Long(R) vs.Noren(I) vs.Clark(G)
OH:Brown(D) vs.Mandel(R)
PA:Casey(D) vs.Smith(R)
RI:Whitehouse(D) vs.Hinckley(R)
TN:Corker(R) vs.Clayton(D)
TX:Cruz(R) vs.Sadler(D) vs.Roland(L) vs.Dewhurst(R)
UT:Hatch(R) vs.Howell(D)
VA:Kaine(D) vs.Allen(R)
VT:Sanders(I) vs.MacGovern(R)
WA:Cantwell(D) vs.Baumgartner(R)
WI:Thompson(R) vs.Baldwin(D)
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