Candidate's Name: Amy Wood

Political Party: Libertarian

Office you are running for: State Board of Education, Place 4

State: Alabama

County: Jefferson

District: 4



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?



Yes



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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?


State Board of Education would not be able to influence
such legislation, but I AM in favor of removing firearm laws and regulations.



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3) What do you consider are "legitimate" reasons to own a firearm?

Check as many as apply:

     [ ] Personal Defense

     [ ] Home Defense

     [ ] Defense of your country (Unorganized Militia)


     [ ] Hunting

     [ ] Farm Use

     [ ] Competitive Shooting

     [ ] Informal Sport Shooting

     [ ] Informal Target Practice and/or Plinking

     [ ] Collecting

     [ ] Constitutional Rights

     [ ] Other __________________________________

     [X] All of the above


     [ ] None of the above



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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, because one of the many reasons to own weapons
is to protect us against our own government when they infringe on our rights. 
If the government is better armed than the citizens, the citizens will be
unable to protect themselves adequately.



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


Definitely not.  Firearm registration can be
used to target people.



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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?


Most emphatically, YES!



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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)

     [X] 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 I checked both all of the above and none of the above because
I do not believe that the government should be able to define a marriage,
but inasmuch as it insists on doing so, ALL people should have equal rights
to partner with whom they choose and share in the benefits that result from
doing so.



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


Absolutely, yes.



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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, they should have had a search warrant if they
were to enter (unless the owner of the establishment had given consent for
the police to enter.  I don't know why the event organizer was arrested,
as that was not specified in the above text, so I cannot speak to that. 
Nobody should ever be arrested for consenting adults participating in BDSM
in a private setting.



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





Yes, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression should have nothing to do with immigration status.


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



I strongly support the right of EVERY person to partner
with whom they choose, believe (or not believe) as they choose, and to protect
themselves against those who would harm them, regardless of whom that might
be.


Amy Wood

Libertarian for Alabama State Board of Education, Place
4