Are you for or against capital punishment? - against. If murder is illegal, murder as punishment is not a rational action.
Are you for or against legalized abortion? - pro choice
What are your views on gun control? - gun registration OK, nothing more
Is your impression of the NRA generally good or generally bad? - good
Is your impression of the ACLU generally good or generally bad? - good
Do you favor condom distribution in schools? - yes
Do you think public school teachers are qualified to teach grammar school children about sex? - they are qualifiable. If they are not qualified, they should be relieved of their duties.
Do you think doctors are overpaid? - no
Do businesses create oppression? - no
What are your views on global warming? - warming does/is happening. Whether this is anomalous is not certain.
Do you support Kyoto? - undecided
Is being gay nature or nurture? - probably both
How do you feel about gay marriage? - I don't care if gays want to marry. They don't tell me what to do, why would I try to tell them?
Should the welfare budget be cut? - yes
Should the military budget be cut? - yes
How do you feel about missile defense? unpractical and geared for a problem that is passe
Should the budgets of the NEA, public radio and public television be cut? -
no, but more funding for the budgets should come from private donations
Should the AIDS research budget be increased? - I believe research budgets for a myriad of medical issues should be increased. I also believe research should be more concerned with women and children than it is today.
Are standardized tests racist? - no, not per se
Is there such a thing as reverse racial discrimination? - yes
Are perjury and obstruction of justice by a president impeachable offenses? - yes
Should the word "God" be taken off our money and out of patriotic songs? - this use of the word "God" is more traditional than anything else. As such, it doesn't give me great heartburn.
greg
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