Dr. Max E. Burchett. Jr.
Election Information:
Party:
Democrat
District:
33
Office:
State House or Assembly
Contact Information:
www.burchettforok.com
https://x.com/BurchettForOK
Survey Responses:
S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
O = Oppose
NR = No Response
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Life
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S | O | NR |
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1.Protecting Life: Protecting the right to life of an unborn baby with a beating heart. |
X | ||
2.Taxpayer Funded Abortion: Allowing taxpayer dollars to fund organizations that provide abortion. |
X | ||
3.Physician-Assisted Suicide: Allowing voluntary physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. |
X |
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First Amendment
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S | O | NR |
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4.Conscience Rights for Professionals: Prohibiting the government from denying required licensure or certification to individuals because of their religious or political beliefs. |
X | ||
5.Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting faith-based organizations (e.g. adoption/foster care providers, private schools) from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs. |
X | ||
6.Prohibiting De-Banking/Insuring Based on Beliefs: Prohibiting financial institutions from shutting a customer’s bank account or canceling their insurance because of their religious or political views. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
Individuals should not lose professional credentials or access to essential financial services solely because of their lawful beliefs. However, religious freedom should not create a broad exemption from generally applicable health, safety, licensing, or nondiscrimination requirements—especially when public funds or services for children are involved.
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Family
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S | O | NR |
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7.Protecting Kids from Social Media: Requiring platforms to by default prevent underage accounts without parental permission, preserve parents' authority when access is allowed, and remove addictive design features and data exploitation from underage accounts. |
X | ||
8(a).Parental Rights: Allowing parents to obtain professional counseling for a child struggling with gender confusion to help the child find comfort with his or her biological sex. |
X | ||
8(b).Parental Rights: Protecting parents from losing custody of their child solely because they treat their child consistent with his or her biological sex. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
Children should have access to qualified, evidence-based counseling that allows them to explore difficult feelings without coercion or a predetermined outcome. Custody decisions should never be based solely on a parent’s beliefs; courts should evaluate each case individually according to the child’s safety and best interests. Online protections should safeguard minors without requiring intrusive collection of sensitive personal data.
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Education
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S | O | NR |
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9.School Choice: Allowing the use of tax credits, vouchers, and/or education savings accounts to cover the cost of children attending the school of their parents’ choice, including private religious schools. |
X | ||
10.Free Speech at School: Protecting teachers and students from being forced to refer to a person by inaccurate pronouns that do not align with the person’s sex. |
X | ||
11.School Healthcare Disclosure to Parents: Requiring schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school. |
X | ||
12.Transparency in School Curriculum & Activities: Giving parents access to the curriculum, presentations, and activities that their children are learning in school and allowing them to opt their children out of school extra-curricular activities, presentations, or specific lessons to which the parents object. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
Public funds should strengthen accountable public schools that serve every child. Parents deserve transparency and should generally be informed about services provided to their children, with appropriate exceptions when disclosure could endanger a student or conflict with established confidentiality requirements. I support access to curriculum and reasonable opt-outs for extracurricular activities, but not an unrestricted right to remove students from required academic instruction or interfere with teachers’ professional judgment. Schools should promote respectful treatment of every student rather than government-mandated misgendering.
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Health and Welfare
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S | O | NR |
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13.Medical Rights of Conscience: Protecting health care workers from losing their jobs if they decline to participate in a procedure or treatment that violates their personal beliefs and conscience. |
X | ||
14.Women’s Privacy: Preventing males who identify as female from entering sex-separated spaces intended for females, such as showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, dormitories, women’s shelters, prisons, etc. |
X | ||
15.Protecting Pregnancy Centers: Ensuring pregnancy centers that provide life-affirming support to women and their families are not targeted or penalized by government officials. |
X |
Candidate's Comments:
I trust patients, families, and qualified healthcare professionals to make deeply personal medical decisions without unnecessary government interference. Public funding should support organizations that provide essential healthcare services and should not be denied solely because they also offer reproductive healthcare. Medical aid in dying should be limited to mentally capable, terminally ill adults and governed by strict safeguards to ensure informed, voluntary decisions.