Rick Stewart - Freedom Voter Guide

Party:

Libertarian

District:

Not Provided

Office:

Governor

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@iowarick

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Survey Responses:

S = Support
O = Oppose
NR = No Response

Life	S	O	NR
1. Prohibiting Abortion: Prohibiting abortion except when necessary to save the mother's life.		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

Candidate's Comments:

I oppose any government involvement in individual lives. People were born to be free, not ruled by tyrants.

First Amendment	S	O	NR
4. Conscience Rights for Creative Professionals: Allowing creative professionals (photographer, baker, wedding vendor) to decline to participate in events or create messages that violate their moral or religious beliefs.	X
5. Conscience Rights for Faith-Based Organizations: Exempting faith-based organizations from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.	X
6. Free Speech on Campus: Prohibiting speech zones or speech codes that restrict where students can discuss controversial or unpopular issues on college campuses.	X
7. Donor Privacy: Protecting confidential donor information so individuals are able to privately support charities of their choice without fear of being doxed.	X

Family	S	O	NR
8. Women's Sports: Preventing biological males who identify as female from competing in women's sports.		X
9. Gender Identity Counseling: Allowing parents to obtain professional counseling for children struggling with gender identity issues to help them reach their desired outcome.	X
10(a). Protected Class for Sexual Orientation: Adding “sexual orientation” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.		X
10(b). Protected Class for Gender Identity: Adding “gender identity” as a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.		X

Candidate's Comments:

Private sporting organizations can do whatever they want. There should be no public sporting organizations, this is not a proper role of government. Parents can do whatever they want, it is not the government's job to raise our children. The government should never discriminate. Private businesses should be able to do as they choose, it is none of the government's business. Thus, as stated, I both support and oppose 10(a) and 10(b)

Education and Public Safety	S	O	NR
11. School Choice: Allowing the use of tax credits, vouchers, and education savings accounts to cover the cost of children attending the school of their parents' choice, including private schools.	X
12. Parental Rights for Opt-Out: Giving parents the ability to opt their children out of school materials and lessons to which the parents object.	X
13. Critical Race Theory: Allowing schools to teach children that America's laws, policies, and society perpetuate systemic racism and that people are either oppressors or oppressed, or privileged or marginalized, based on their skin color.	X
14. Parental Rights for Transparency in Education: Giving parents access to the curriculum and materials their children are learning in school and allowing them to decide whether or not their children should be exposed to certain ideas.	X

Candidate's Comments:

One can argue that 'paying' for education is a proper role of government in Iowa, since it is included in the Iowa Constitution. This does not mean it is the role of government to 'provide' education, i.e., run schools. I am in favor of (slowly) eliminating all government schools. Once we get the government out of 'running' schools, private schools should be able to do whatever they want to do. In other words, if a private school wants teach CRT, I don't care. And if a parent wants to send their children to a private school that teaches CRT, I don't care. And if a parent does not want to send their children to a private school that teaches CRT, I also don't care.

Health and Welfare	S	O	NR
15. Medical Rights of Conscience: Allowing health care workers and providers the freedom to practice medicine in accordance with their personal beliefs and conscience.	X
16. Parental Rights for Healthcare Disclosure: Requiring schools to disclose to parents if the school is providing counseling or medical services to a child who desires to undergo “gender transition.”	X
17. Parental Rights for Mental Health Disclosure: Directing schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school.	X

Candidate's Comments:

Once again, government run schools are the only problem, thus I am in favor of (slowly) eliminating them, in favor of 100% private schools. Since the Iowa Constitution authorizes state involvement in schooling, I am not opposed to state funding of schools, I am only opposed to the state running schools.