From: Watch97@aol.com Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:36:15 -0500 Subject: 5 - CC "VOTER GUIDE" WATCH (#3) CHRISTIAN COALITION "VOTER GUIDE" WATCH -- In Florida, the state supplement bound into the middle of the CC's Christian American magazine features a "Voter Guide" for State Legislature races. Presumably the editions for other states do the same. Please check on this and let us know. You are aware of the hot Congressional races across the country. Any CC voter guide information for those races would be very welcome. Send it to us and we will circulate it ASAP. Candidates being misrepresented can benefit from early CC voter guide detection. (When sending a field report to "c.c.watch," please identify yourself. Your name/e-mail address will not, however, be published. Identification is solely for authenticating purposes. Hard copies of CC "voter guides" can be mailed to: 3741 NE 163rd St, Suite 311, Sunny Isles, FL 33160) Reports from the field-- **From CT** (10/29) In Connecticut, the voter guide effort was coordinated by Ken Von Kohorn, a very conservative individual who has a great deal of time to do voter guides. He was recently fined $250,000 by the SEC and is barred from trading for a year. There was a joint effort by: Christian Coalition, Committee to Save Our Schools, CT Federation of Catholic School Parents, Eagle Forum-CT, Federation of CT Taxpayers, Rabbinical Council of CT (ADL had never heard of them), The Education Association of Christian Homeschoolers, Toward Tradition CT. They organized the voter guides by Congressional District and listed all the local state house and state senate races within that district. Yes, they are being handed out in churches. Issues-- Give parents vouchers or tax credits for public/private/religious schools Back to basics academic curriculum Review state mandates with goal of reduction Public schools teaching that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle Implement full CT constitutional spending cap Define marriage as the union of one man and one woman continue no-fault divorce policy for CT reaffirm parents’ ultimate authority in the raising of their children prohibit partial birth abortion permit doctor assisted suicide instant handgun check for handgun purchases permit referendum and initiative in CT Candidates could select s=supports, o-opposes or NR=no response. **More from CT** (10/29) Voter guides turned up in a Roman Catholic Church in Noroton (Darien) Connecticut. When the pastor was confronted, he said they were probably left by attendants at a Service for Life presided by the Bishop (Egan, acolyte of Robertson) earlier that afternoon. **From a Sacramento CA area Congregational Church Pastor** (10/28) They called wanting to give us the guides; we said "no;" they left them in our mailbox anyway. Sorry, I threw them out before reading, so I can't help you much. **Again from CT** (10/29) The Waterbury Republican American, a very conservative newspaper in Waterbury CT distributed the Voter Guide that was put together by the Christian Coalition and the Family Institute. Have you ever heard of this being done before? **Yet Another FL "c.c.watcher"** (10/30) US Congress District 12 Charles Canady/Mike Canady Balanced Budget Amendment Supports/NR Raising Federal Income Taxes Opposes/NR Abortion on Demand Opposes/Supports Banning Partial Birth Abortion Supports/NR Homosexuals in Military Opposes/NR Term Limits for Congress Supports/NR US Congress District 15 John Byron/Dave Weldon Balanced Budget Amendment NR/Supports Flat Rate Federal Income Tax Opposes/Supports Abortion on Demand Supports/Opposes Taxpayer Funding of Abortion NR/Opposes Parental Choice in Education (Vouchers) Opposes/Supports Term Limits for Congress NR/Supports Florida Senate 15 Patsy Kurth/Scott Ellis Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes Oppose2/Support Abortion Waiting Periods(Women's Right to Know) Oppose1/Support Expand Gambling to include poker "card rooms" Support3/Oppose Lottery Vending Machines Support4/Oppose Require Court Order Before HRS Can Take Child (except in emergencies) Oppose5/Support Florida Senate 27 Don Delaney/Wm. Doc Myers Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes DNR/Support Voluntary Student-led Prayer DNR/Support Abortion on Demand DNR/Oppose Recognition of Same-sex "Marriages" DNR/Oppose Require Court Order Before HRS Can Take Child (except in emergencies) DNR/Support Florida House 29 Joanne Schmidt/Randy Ball Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes DNR/Support Parental Choice in Education (GI Bill for Kids) DNR/Support Abortion on Demand DNR/Oppose Require Court Order Before HRS Can Take Child (except in emergencies) DNR/Support Recognition of Same-sex "Marriages" DNR/Oppose Florida House 30 Molly Tasker/Howard Futch Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes Oppose/Support Parental Choice in Education (GI Bill for Kids) Oppose/Support Abortion Waiting Period (Woman's Right to Know) Oppose/Support State-run Health Care(Florida Health Security Plan of 1994) Support/Oppose Require Family Impact Statement on Bills Before Voting into Law Oppose/Support Abortion and Contraceptive Services for Students w/o Parental Permission Support/Oppose Florida House 31 Harry Goode, Jr./Ann Blackburn Parental Choice in Education (GI Bill for Kids) Oppose/Support Abortion on Demand Support/Oppose Abortion Waiting Period (Woman's Right to Know) Support/Support State-run Health Care(Florida Health Security Plan of 1994) Support/Oppose No-fault Divorce Laws Support/Oppose Require Family Impact Statement on Bills Before Voting into Law Undecided/Support Expand Gambling to include poker-style "card rooms" Support/Oppose Florida House 44 Joan Smith/Jeff Stabins Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes DNR/Support Charter Schools DNR/Support Abortion Waiting Period (Woman's Right to Know) DNR/Support Require Court Order Before HRS Can Take Child (except in emergencies) DNR/Support Recognition of Same-sex "Marriages" DNR/Oppose Florida House 66 Arturo Perez/John Laurent State-run Health Care(Florida Health Security Plan of 1994) Undecided/Oppose Abortion and Contraceptive Services for Students w/o Parental Permission Undecided/Oppose* Tax Increase to Build Prisons or Fund Education Support/Oppose Require 2/3 Vote Before Imposing New or Increasing Taxes Support/Oppose Expand Gambling to include poker-style "card rooms" Oppose/Oppose Florida House 72 Vernon Peeples/Lindsay Harrington Parental Choice in Education (GI Bill For Kids) Oppose2/Support Abortion and Contraceptive Services for Students w/o Parental Permission Support7/Oppose Abortion Waiting Period (Woman's Right to Know) Oppose1/Support New Age Religious Practices(yoga) in School w/o Parental Permission Support5/Oppose State-run Health Care (Florida Health Security Plan of 1994) Support3/Oppose Decrease Funding for Death Row Appeals Oppose9/Support DNR=did not respond *=Vote indicates opposite or otherwise SENATE 1 - SB 1262, 1996; 2 - SB 124, 1995; 3 - HB 337, 1996; 4 - HB 2405, 1996; HOUSE 1 - HB 115 Brooks motion, 1996; 2- HB 529 amend 8, motion by Miller, 1996; 3 - HB 2823, 1994; 5 - HB 2347 sub-amend. 2, 1994; 7 - HB 483 amend 1 to amend 5, motion by Logan, 1996; 9 - HB 2715 amend 85, 1996. 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