Candidate comparison in North Carolina runoff (second primary) election on July 17, 2012
Candidate comparison in North Carolina runoff (second primary) election on July 17, 2012
Questions 1–6 are from the North Carolina Family Policy Council Voter Guide at
http://ncfamily.org/voterguide2012.
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Should the State Constitution be amended to provide that:
"Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State?"
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Should parents who educate their children in non-public schools be eligible for a tax credit, voucher, or tax deduction from the state?
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Should organizations that provide abortions be allowed to receive state funds?
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Should it be legal for human embryos to be used for research purposes?
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Should it be legal for a medical professional to assist another person in ending their life?
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Should homosexuals as a group receive the same special legal protections against discrimination in areas like employment and housing as those given to other groups based on characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or disability?
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Do you support a personhood amendment to the NC constitution like the Colorado 2012 Right To Life Amendment
(http://www.coloradorighttolife.org/2012-wording)
protecting each human being whether he or she is inside or outside the womb?
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Do you support continuing the office of NC Superintendent of Public Instruction
as an elected office rather than making it an appointed office?
Democratic candidates for NC Commissioner of Labor
Republican candidates for NC Lieutenant Governor
Candidate |
Marriage amendment |
School vouchers |
Abortion funding |
Embryo research |
Assist ending life |
Homosexual legal prot. |
Personhood amendment |
Email address |
Dan Forest |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
dan@danforest.com |
Tony Gurley |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
See footnote1 |
tgurley@gmail.com |
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Republican candidates for NC Commissioner of Insurance
Candidate |
Marriage amendment |
School vouchers |
Abortion funding |
Embryo research |
Assist ending life |
Homosexual legal prot. |
Personhood amendment |
Email address |
Richard Morgan |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
See footnote1 |
richard@richardtmorgan.com |
Mike Causey |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes2 |
GoCausey@aol.com |
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Republican candidates for NC Secretary of State
Candidate |
Marriage amendment |
School vouchers |
Abortion funding |
Embryo research |
Assist ending life |
Homosexual legal prot. |
Personhood amendment |
Email or phone |
Kenn Gardner |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Undecided |
Undecided |
See footnote1 |
citizens4kenn@earthlink.net |
Ed Goodwin |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
ed@goodwin2012.com |
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Republican candidates for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction
Candidate |
Marriage amendment |
School vouchers |
Abortion funding |
Embryo research |
Assist ending life |
Homosexual legal prot. |
Personhood amendment |
Supt. elected |
Email or phone |
John Tedesco |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Undecided1 |
Undecided2 |
Undecided3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Tedesco4kids@gmail.com |
Richard Alexander |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No4 |
ralex762@live.com |
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Personhood note: In recent years the pro-life movement has placed increased emphasis on the personhood of all human beings.
Personhood was a crucial issue in Roe v. Wade. Justice Harry Blackmun wrote,
“If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant’s case, of course, collapses,
for the fetus’ right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [14th] Amendment.”
The Republican Party Platform's abortion plank is a personhood plank, but many Republican politicians do not support that plank.
Terms: The medical community has redefined conception to refer to implantation.
The term fetus does not apply to a human embryo.