Michele Poague
Election Information:
Party:
Libertarian
District:
27
Office:
State Senate
Contact Information:
MichelePoague.com
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:
This country was founded on the the belief that humans have the right to practice which ever religion they chose. When a "Religion" choses to sanctify the killing of others who belive differently we must be proactive in educating the population. I am a firm supporter in the separation of church and state in that I do not want to see our govenment controled by any religion, not even mine. While I will always support Christ following people in office, I would deny the govenment the ability to enforce religious law over the current set of laws we have. I belive our laws were founded on the Ten Commandments, a Christian document, other religions have other laws I would not support. We must be very careful in what we allow our govenment to reside over and how much power we permit the govenment to wield.
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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:
Biologically, there are only two sexes. There are those children born with undefined genitalia and they must be treated with love and care. This is an issue best resolved with the family and a a medical doctor. The govenment has no business being involved. That beig said, gender confusion is raging through our country. There are many reasons for it's manifestation, but I believe mainstream media is the largest culprit. I do support the right of parents to raise their children without interference but we must be vigillent in our protection of minors.
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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:
Our public school system has failed us. I would strive to end the Federal Education Department and bring schools back to a county level where teachers and parents can truly know each other. There are times when a child is being abused at home and a teacher is most likely the one to see it first. Teachers must be protected when they bring this to the attention of the authorities, but the parents must also be protected from witch hunts and over zealous teachers.
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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:
While I believe abotion is at it's heart and most often, sacrificing children to the idols of career, money, body, etc, I am opposed to giving a heartless govenment the power to override ones freedom of choice. There are times when a choice has to be made between the life of the child or the life of the mother. In the case of an ectopic pregnancy both the mother and child would die if untreated. I believe God gave us free will in order to make these kinds of choices. Just as Jesus didn't work to change the taxation or child sacrificing laws in his day, I belive that we are called to save the mother, (bring the mother to Christ) in order to save the child. I fully support agencies that work to educate women. I also belive that suicide is between the person and God.