Political Party: N/A
 

Office you are running for: School Board
 

State: Michigan
 

County: Ottawa
 

District: Hudsonville
 

1) Do you believe that the Second Amendment confirms the individual right of every American citizen to possess and use (update of keep and bear) militia/military weapons for individual self-defense, as well as for the defense of the State / National defense?

Completely.  The second amendment, like all true rights, is an individual right.
 

2) If elected would you support legislation for the removal of firearm laws and regulations? If your answer is yes, and if you are elected, what specific legislation would you propose/support to ensure that this individual right is protected?  Which current laws which infringe upon this individual right would you seek to repeal?
 

I support loosening restrictions on firearms, however, my office does not have the authority to do so.  What I can do is lower zero-tolerance rules, provide real education, and make it clear that not everybody involved in education hates guns.  This is still an important part of the movement.
 

3) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to own a firearm?
Check as many as apply:
    [ x] Personal Defense
    [ X] Home Defense
    [X ] Defense of your country (Unorganized Militia)
    [X ] Hunting
    [X ] Farm Use
    [X ] Competitive Shooting
    [XX ] Informal Sport Shooting
    [X ] Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking
    [X ] Collecting
    [X ] Constitutional Rights
    [X ] Other _____FUN__________________________
    [X ] All of the above
    [ ] None of the above
 

4) Would you support the banning of some firearms or ammunition? (IE: Saturday night specials, "assault weapons", Hollow points, and "Safety Slugs") Why and to what extent?

No
 

5) Do you believe that firearms and/or firearm owners should be registered? Which ones and why?
 

If you need a trailer to pull the gun, you should register it.
 

6) Do you support equal rights for all citizens of the United States regardless of the person's sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression? Yes, it is not the government's duty to enforce a moral code.  Those advocating a stricter set of morality would be better suited trying to spread their beliefs through persuasion rather than coercion.
 

7) Which of the following would you be willing to support in regards to same-gender and/or polyamorous marriages and/or civil unions?
Check as many as apply:
    [ ] Domestic partnerships for same-sex couples
    [ ] Domestic partnerships for opposite-sex couples
    [ ] Domestic partnerships for polyamorous (more than two consenting adults)
    [ ] Same-sex marriages
    [ ] Opposite sex marriages (What we have now)
    [ ] Polyamarous marriages (between more than two consenting adults)
    [ ] All of the above. Everyone should have equal rights under the law.
    [X ] None of the above. Government has no role in defining a marriage. Leave it to the church.
    [X ] Other:  From a moral perspective, I believe that government has no role and it should be left up to a church.  I will not personally support a church that supports same gender marriage.  From a public policy / government view, what is marriage?  It's the legal union of property and liabilities.  Therefore, any consenting people should be able to perform that ceremony in the eyes of the state.
 

8) Do you support the right for people to act as they wish in a private setting, with other consenting adults?
 

Yes.
 

9) In July 2000 the Police Dept. of Attleboro Massachusetts entered a private party without a search warrant. The party was not open to the public or in the business to make a profit. Any donations given were used to pay rent. When the police entered, they arrested two people.  The first person who was arrested organized the event. The second person arrested was arrested because she spanked her consenting adult partner with a wooden spoon. Do you support the actions of  the Attleboro police as given in this example? Why?
 

No.  While I could point out the procedural violations, the main reason is that the law they were enforcing is invalid on its face: people have a right to privacy and a right to be free from the government messing with their sexual (or whatever that was) life.
 

10) Do you support equal immigration rights for partners of US residents, regardless of their sexuality / orientation and / or gender identity/expression?
 

I support equal immigration rights for all people.
 

Do you have an additional statement to make that is not covered by this questionnaire?  Use as much space as you wish.