Beth Camp's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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- State House (GA) - District 135, Republican
On The Ballot: Running, Republican for State House (GA) - District 135
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Beth Camp is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
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Georgia State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| Abortion has become a political issue when it is a moral issue. Extreme, tragic conditions where a woman was forced, against her will, to engage in activities that resulted in pregnancy should be treated with compassion and dignity to determine what is in the best interest of the victim including options. History will remember our society for how the weakest among us were treated. The Spartans are remembered for leaving their weak children out to be consumed by animals- will killing millions of unborn each year yield the same outrage in the future? Abortion is termination of a life. | |||
| Yes | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| There is no endless supply of money without borrowing against our children's futures. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| We need to verify who is voting to prevent fraud. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Georgia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Do you support the indefinite electronic tracking of individuals with multiple sex-offense convictions? | ||
| Judges should have the ability to sentence based on the facts involved in crimes. Rather than track sex offenders with multiple convictions, these individuals need to remain incarcerated. Who would track these electronic monitors? Sex offenses can occur anywhere so a monitor would not do much to prevent. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Georgia? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| No | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| The private sector is what makes either a strong or a weak economy. Strangle-holding the private sector will weaken our economy. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Georgia? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Georgia? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Georgia high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support allowing home school students to participate in extracurricular activities offered by public schools? | ||
| No | f) Should public colleges and universities be able to deny funding to student-led religious, political, or ideological groups? | ||
| Education is important to individuals and to our society. Universities should be teaching people how to think, not what to think. | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| No | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| No | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| "Shall not be infringed". | |||
| No | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Georgia's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| No | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| The State has no right to take away the rights of individuals. How can we force people to purchase a product or force someone to take a vaccine? We have Constitutional rights. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Georgia's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Georgia state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| a) The Georgia Fair Employment Practices Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, sex, national origin, or age. All Georgia citizens are protected under the federal laws enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). b) Title IX was created to ensure girls and women had fair opportunities in sports which will not be the case if genetic males are allowed in women's sports. c) I support equal pay for equal work, but the State does not need to control the private sector. | |||
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