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POLL: Where do you side on these issues?
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BSUTOP25, in Non-Sports items
Where do you stand on these issues?
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1. On the marriage debate, I believe:
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Marriage is designed specifically for a man and a woman and the government must regulate it as such.
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In leaving it up to the individual state governments to regulate it according to the wishes of their constituency.
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Any adult should be free to marry anybody they choose but the government should still regulate it while all institutions, including religious, should be forced to carry out and recognize ceremonies.
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The government should not regulate any marriage or civil partnership whatsoever except to recognize it as a private contract between consenting adults - this would enable private institutions, such as churches, to allow or not perform what would essentially be symbolic ceremonies.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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2. With foreign policy, I believe the United States:
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Is the world's predominant superpower and should unilaterally exert its militaristic and economic authority to shape and maintain the world order as it pleases.
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And a few key allies should lead the direction of global policy through militaristic and economic enforcement when and where it makes sense according to our interests.
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Needs to reevaluate its current policy and assume more of a moderate and collaborative diplomatic approach with the world community.
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Should significantly reduce its military presence and economic influence with a non-interventionalist policy (not to be confused with pacifist, see next option).
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Must strive to become as isolationist as possible through a platform of pacifism and economic self-reliance.0
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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3. With foreign trade, I believe the United States should:
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Have an open global trade policy that allows the market to decide supply and demand.
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Maintain a strategically regulated trade policy that attempts to maintain a fair exchange of goods and services with punitive sanctions such as caps, fines, and embargos for violations.
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Strengthen barriers to even out surpluses and deficits in the attempt to protect/enhance domestic production and wages.
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Eliminate imports as much as possible while relying primarily on domestic goods and services.0
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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4. With the Second Amendment and firearms, I believe that law-abiding citizens:
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Are protected with an inalienable right to own and possess whatever firearm they so please as long as they don't commit crimes.
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Should be able to own any firearm they please but must go through a proper and reasonable background check as well as a training course.
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Can only own and/or possess certain firearms as controlled/regulated by the government while having to go through an extensive background check and training course.
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Should not own any firearm whatsoever.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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5. With abortion, I believe:
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A woman should be able to solely decide when and how to terminate a pregnancy without interference.
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A woman and father/partner should be able to duly decide when and how to terminate a pregnancy without interference.
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It should be legal but there should also be a limit set on how late a pregnancy can be terminated and am against late-term abortions that are conducted as a method of birth control.
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In leaving it up to the individual state governments to regulate it according to the wishes of their constituency.
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The practice to be immoral and should be banned except in cases of extreme circumstance.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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6. On immigration, I believe in:
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Closed borders with extremely restrictive policies toward any and all immigration.
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A very stringent vetting process that profiles and segments certain groups wishing to move to the United States.
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Through background checks and waiting periods on all applicants.
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More open borders with less red tape to increase the number of immigrants.
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Completely open borders where people of all backgrounds can come and go as they please.0
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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7. On public education, I believe:
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We spend and waste way too much money on public education and it should be completely privatized.
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The system is broken and we need to reduce spending and find more efficient means to educate our youth.
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It's just right and shouldn't change at all.
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The system is broken and we need to increase spending and find more effective means to educate our youth.
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There is not enough money or resources currently available so we must raise taxes and eliminate private education while forcing everyone into the public system.0
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In leaving it up to the individual state governments to regulate it according to the wishes of their constituency.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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8. With property, I believe:
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All material and intellectual property should be wholly owned by the government, period. Individuals and private entities have no claim or right to property whatsoever.0
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It should be government regulated depending on the material, situation, and circumstance. In other words, individuals and private entities should be able to privately own property as long as it is safe and morally acceptable.
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Individuals and private entities should be able to own and/or possess whatever they please as long as it doesn't substantively harm any other individual or entity.
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The government should have no say in property rights whatsoever. Leave it up to natural law to decide.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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9. With personal privacy, I believe the government:
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Owns me and every other person and we are all subject to revealing everything about ourselves. There is no such thing as personal privacy.0
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Has the authority to monitor, seize, and investigate my communications, property, and whereabouts if they suspect me of any wrongdoing or criminal activity.0
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Can monitor, seize, and investigate my communications, property, and whereabouts as long as they go through a proper legal process of obtaining a warrant by demonstrating probable cause.
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Should never be allowed to monitor, seize, and investigate my communications, property, and whereabouts without my knowledge and consent.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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10. On the environment, I believe the federal government should (multiple answers possible on this):
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Have a strong role in overseeing and regulating how individuals and entities use, treat, and manage the environment.
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Defer to the states to oversee and regulate environmental affairs.
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Have little to no say in environmental affairs.
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Reduce its ownership of public land by selling it off to private entities or individuals.
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Increase the amount of public land acreage to preserve access and protect against development.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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11. With healthcare, I believe we should have a system based on:
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Public government management that has full and complete control over access, procedures, and price controls.
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Hybrid management but primary run by the government with some degree of private practice access for those who can afford it.
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Hybrid management that is primary market based and run by private hospitals and insurers but with a government-based social safety net to protect and provide for the disadvantaged.
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Fully market based with no government assistance or social safety net whatsoever.
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Other (please explain below) or I don't care about this issue.
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