Homosexuals should be free to marry just as heterosexuals are.

Marriage should be limited to one man and one woman.

The federal government should guide/control education policies, programs, and curriculum.

Education should be directed at the state and local level.

Affirmative action is necessary to give minorities and women extra help if they are to achieve their potential

Affirmative action is government sponsored discrimination and should be stopped.

Health care is best run and regulated by the federal government, which should guarantee coverage for every citizen.

US health care is expensive and inefficient, but it is the best in the world. Government management would severely hurt health care quality and availability.

The US should surrender its sovereignty to international law and international courts.

As a sovereign nation, we determine our laws and reject any attempts to surrender that sovereignty. We should find other means in working well with the international community.

The courts are an effective last resort when social injustices cannot be resolved through the representative legislatures or the initiative process.

US courts have become too political. All too often the courts overreach their authority to interpret law and impose the liberal agenda from the judicial bench.

Abortion is the right of every woman. The right to control her body trumps the right of a human fetus, even if this results in the killing of the fetus.

Abortion is the voluntary destruction of human life, murder. It should never be allowed, except in the direst of circumstances.

The death penalty is a violation of human rights and should never be permitted.

The death penalty is appropriate in select cases.

Taxes, even high taxes, are critical to support the needs of the government and to achieve economic equality in society. The rich should be taxed at a higher rate since they can afford it.

Taxation dampens the economy, hurts business, hurts consumers even more, and results in loss of jobs. Taxes should be kept as low as possible and should be spread evenly.

The government is entitled to all the taxes from our income. If there is anything left over, we should be grateful to the government.

Taxes are the part of one’s income that the government forcibly takes from its citizens. Those funds are often squandered, mishandled, and used in ways that the country would find inappropriate.

The government should do more to solve the nation’s problems, even if it means higher taxes.

The government is really the last entity that should try to solve most of the nation’s problems. Government usually makes matters worse.

The government should celebrate and encourage cultural and ethnic diversity, even if it means the loss of a consistent national identity.

America should continue as an ethnic melting pot in which cultural and ethnic distinctions are deemphasized or even blurred.

Big government is absolutely necessary to achieve important social goals.

Big government is hugely inefficient and is a burden on the citizenry.

The mainstream media is generally fair, accurate, and balanced.

Mainstream media has a strong and growing bias towards liberalism.

Graphic pornography, even though it may be objectionable to some, is an artistic expression that is protected by law.

Graphic pornography should be banned or strictly limited.

The constitution requires a strict separation of church and state and we should always prevent efforts to bring religion into the public forum.

The constitution restricts the government from establishing a state religion, but it does not call for a strict separation of church and state. Our Judeo-Christian roots should not be denied.

Prayer should never be allowed at school.

Prayer at school should be allowed, though not imposed.

Immigration is good for the country. Illegal immigrants should be protected and helped.

Controlled immigration is healthy for our country. Massive levels of immigration threaten our country and culture. Illegal immigration must be prevented for numerous reasons, national security not the least of them

We can trust the government to solve our problems.

The government is ill-equipped to solve our problems.

Government support/assistance (bailouts) are a powerful tool to help the government achieve its objectives and should be used as needed.

Businesses/Corporations should succeed or fail on their own and should not receive corporate welfare. The government should not pick winners and losers in the marketplace.

The government should ensure all of the elderly are adequately provided for through programs like Social Security and Medicare.

People should be responsible for their own retirement. Social Security should be privatized. If retirees fall into poverty, private organizations should be empowered to provide humanitarian aid.

Government welfare is a moral responsibility, requiring the government to care for the most vulnerable among us.

The federal and state welfare programs have created a welfare class and done much more harm than good. Such efforts are best left to private humanitarian groups.

The government has a moral obligation to address and solve societal concerns. We cannot depend on private organizations with differing (unacceptable) agendas and motivations to do so.

Addressing societal concerns (poverty, health, education, etc.) is best addressed by private sector organizations. They are more efficient and produce better results. The government should encourage and empower these organizations.

America is no better than other countries. In fact, in many ways we should be ashamed of our history and behavior as a nation.

America is a truly exceptional phenomenon in world history. While less than perfect, we are an example to the world for freedom, fairness, equality, opportunity, and much more.

Individualism is simply another word for selfish. We should look to the government to even out inequities and give everyone a leg up. The government should do what it can to help us all be happy and successful.

The pursuit of happiness and success is a person’s own responsibility. Rugged individualism creates a stronger and better society.

Militarism is threatening to world peace and stability. While we need to have a military, building a very powerful military is morally wrong.

There is no greater obligation for the federal government than to protect us from foreign threats. To that end, it should maintain the best and strongest military machine in the world.

If government is to fulfill its role and obligation to the people, it must be a large and far-reaching organization.

Power corrupts. People with government power are easily corrupted. Knowing this, we should strive for a limited national government.

Good and evil are relative. What is just and unjust must be tailored to the mores of a society. Government defines and grants our rights.

There is a higher power that defines morality. Good and evil, justice and injustice, rights and responsibilities are immovable and concrete.