2016 Values Voter Presidential Voter Guide
SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS
Do you support or oppose appointing originalist judges to the Supreme Court of the United States and lower courts?
Updated 9/23/16
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton
SUPPORT 1
OPPOSE 15
SUPPORT 2
OPPOSE 16
OBAMACARE REPEAL
Do you support or oppose the repeal of Obamacare?
SUPPORT 3
OPPOSE 17
MARRIAGE
Do you support or oppose legislative and/or judicial actions necessary to reverse the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges,
which imposed same-sex marriage on all 50 states?
UNKNOWN
OPPOSE 18
ABORTION
Do you support or oppose taxpayer funding of elective abortions?
OPPOSE 4
SUPPORT 19
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
Do you support or oppose giving tax dollars to Planned Parenthood?
OPPOSE 5
SUPPORT 20
UNKNOWN 6
SUPPORT 21
ESTATE TAX
Do you support or oppose the repeal of the federal estate tax, also known as the “death tax”?
SUPPORT 7
OPPOSE 22
NATURAL MARRIAGE
Do you support or oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protects marriage as the union of one man and one woman?
OPPOSE 8
OPPOSE 23
ENDA/EQUALITY ACT
Do you support or oppose federal legislation that creates special protections for LGBT categories, such as the ENDA or Equality Act?
UNKNOWN 9*
SUPPORT 24
EDUCATION
Do you support or oppose Parental Rights in public and private education (educational choice)?
SUPPORT 10
OPPOSE 25
MIXED 11
OPPOSE 26
UNKNOWN 12
SUPPORT 27
CHILD CARE TAX BREAKS
Do you support or oppose child care tax breaks for both parents who work outside the home and stay-at-home parents?
SUPPORT 13
OPPOSE 28
POLITICAL FREE SPEECH
Do you support or oppose restrictions for churches and other 501(c)3’s on political speech and activities?
OPPOSE 14
SUPPORT 29
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Do you support or oppose legislation, like the First Amendment Defense Act, which will protect from government discrimination against
Christians and others who have an orthodox religious belief or moral conviction regarding marriage, the sanctity of human life, or human
sexuality?
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Do you support or oppose the federal funding of embryo-destructive stem cell research?
MILITARY
Do you support or oppose efforts to repeal the social policies of President Obama within the military, such as transgenderism, protected
status based upon sexual orientation, and the push to place women in frontline combat-units, which compromise readiness and have
restricted religious liberty?
WOMEN IN THE DRAFT
Do you support or oppose a policy change that would require women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18 years old?
* In 2000, Mr. Trump supported amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act to add special privileges based on sexual orientation. When asked about this in 2015, he did not take a position on federal legislation.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE REFERENCES
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE REFERENCES
1https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-releases-list-of-names-of-potential-united-states-supreme-c
15 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/feb/18/hillary-clinton-has-no-regrets-about-trying-filibu/ ; http://www.nationalreview.
com/bench-memos/431352/hillary-clintons-hypocrisy-display ; http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2006/01/hillary-clintons-vindictivestreak-alive-and-kicking/
2https://www.frcaction.org/frcaction2015/frc-action-praises-presidential-candidates-for-pledging-support-to-the-first-amendmentdefense-act
https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2016/Federalism
16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DuIb25V7cM (1:30)
https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/581267449523343360
3http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-60-minutes-scott-pelley/
4https://www.sba-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Trump-Letter-on-ProLife-Coalition.pdf
17https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2015/06/25/scotus-ruling-aca/
5https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2015/08/which-potus-candidate-would-veto-planned-parenthood-funding#sthash.
gK5UTstB.I4ZqsPmY.dpuf
http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/08/11/donald-trump-interview-part-two-interview-newday.cnn
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-o-reilly-planned-parenthood
19http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/11/hillary-clinton-calls-for-end-of-hyde-amendment-barring-taxpayer-funding-ofabortion/
6http://www.realclearscience.com/articles/2016/06/09/science_issues_2016_donald_trump_vs_hillary_clinton_109665.html
7http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/07/how-tax-reform-could-shape-the-gop-field.html
20https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2016/01/07/planned-parenthood-action-fund-endorsement/
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/11/hillary-clinton-calls-for-end-of-hyde-amendment-barring-taxpayer-fundingof-abortion/
21http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=92371
https://votesmart.org/bill/4100/12771/55463/stem-cell-research-hope-act-of-2007#.VrUKqvkrLcs
8http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/donald-trump-murdoch-ailes-nbc-816131
https://marriagepledge.com/
9
18https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2015/06/26/scotus-ruling-marriage-equality/
http://www.advocate.com/election/2015/9/28/read-donald-trumps-advocate-interview-where-he-defends-gays-mexicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/17/donald-trump-on-meet-the-press-annotated/
http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/donald-trump-keep-minimum-wage-pretty-much-where-it-now-n410571 (27:00 minutes)
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/08/17/trump-being-gay-shouldnt-be-reason-to-fire-employees/#sthash.UQelNhLM.dpuf
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/12/16/the-lgbt-pick-for-the-gop-nomination-donald-trump/
10http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Donald_Trump_Education.htm
http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/08/17/3691685/trump-university/
22http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/01/12/hillary-clintons-next-tax-target-estates/
23https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/statements/2015/06/26/scotus-ruling-marriage-equality/
24http://www.towleroad.com/2015/10/hillary-clinton-human-rights-campaign/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DuIb25V7cM (2:05
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/08/18/clinton-pledges-to-enforce-marriage-equality-decision/#sthash.0TZpq3qV.dpuf)
25http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/16/hillary-clinton-praises-common-core-says-education-is-a-non-family-enterprise/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/11/08/hillary-clinton-most-charter-schools-dont-take-the-hardest-toteach-kids-or-if-they-do-they-dont-keep-them/
11https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/02/donald-trump-does-about-face-on-women-in-combat
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-women-combat-tricky/2015/
12/06/id/704736/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/04/donald-trump-president-gay-rights-iowa
26http://www.advocate.com/election/2015/10/06/10-promises-hillary-clinton-just-made-lgbt-americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIorr09SP9k (19:30)
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/clinton-on-the-role-of-women-in-combat-596459587713
12http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/04/women_draft_military.html
27http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-women-draft-register-224390
13https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/child-care-reforms-that-will-make-america-great-again
14https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/11/whats-the-johnson-amendment-that-donald-trump-wants-to-get-ridof/
28 http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/hillary-clinton-child-care-costs-223005; https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/
wp/2016/05/12/the-enormous-ambition-of-hillary-clintons-child-care-plan/
29 Protect Grassroots Organizations in Lobby Reform Bill http://downloads.frcaction.org/EF/EF08I02.pdf
Voter Guide online at FRCAction.org/2016
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