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1 - do you support the right for gay couples to legally marry?
I say remove the legal definition of marriage and make it a religious definition. Then create civil unions that all currently married couples have. Thus everyone has a civil union and if a church wants to marry couples they can. In absence of this yes allow them to marry.
2 - do you support the death penalty?
Only in extreme circumstances where the crime was very bad and there is absolute proof of guilt (a much higher burden than beyond a reasonable doubt).
3 - do you believe that freedom of speech should be absolute, or are their some limits on what people should be allowed to say?
There should be few limits, that is one cannot plan crimes and claim it was freedom of speech. For the most part spoken words should not be considered a crime.
4 - do you believe that part of the role of taxation is to redistribute resources more equally?
Yes, taxes should help benefit society as a whole and part of creating a good society is keeping poverty to a minimum as poverty breads crime.
5 - do you believe that people should be forced to learn the official language of a nation if they want to emmigrate to it?
No, but they should be encuraged, and there should be programs to help them learn the language. If an 85 year old grandma immigrates with her children forcing her to learn the language could be a very big burden. Same with disabled and others. If the programs were there to help them learn most would learn as it would be in there best interest.
6 - do you believe that prayer should be prohibited from schools?
School sponsored yes. Individual prayer, no. If a group of students want to pray among themselves at recess why should the school stop it? Banning prayer is just as bad as enforcing prayer.
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