No WhiteWash!

There are a great number of organizations that help voters understand the issues and where candidates stand on them.  Family Action Council of Tennessee deals with many issues that deal with families.  Some of the issues are as follows:

They have a neat web site and I would encourage you to visit.  They keep up with the bills in the Tennessee Senate and House that affect the above areas.

They also have a survey for candidates that are running for office to indicate whether or not they support or oppose an issue.  There are 13 questions in the survey and they are below.

Also, you can go to the “Voter’s Guide – Tennessee House & Senate”.  If you do not see the information for the candidate you are looking  for, then try the link above for “Your District Only”.

Do you support or oppose:

1. Abstinence Education: Allowing local school systems to use “abstinence only” curriculum in connection with sex education classes?
2. Parental Rights: Prohibiting public school based mental examinations from being performed on students without express written consent from parents?
3. “Voluntary” PreK: Keeping enrollment in and attendance of pre-kindergarten classes voluntary?
4. Abortion – Amendment: Amending the state constitution relative to abortion to include the language found in SJR 127 as adopted by the Tennessee Senate in the 105th General Assembly?
5. Abortion – Full Vote: Voting to bring to the floor for a vote by the membership of the body to which you are elected a resolution to amend the state constitution to make it silent on the issue of abortion if the resolution becomes stalled in any subcommittee or committee of that body?
6. RU-486 Restrictions: Requiring doctors who prescribe the abortifacient RU-486 either to follow the Food and Drug Administration’s protocol for use of the drug or to inform the woman in writing that they are not following the protocol?
7. Adult Business Regs.: Regulating sexually-oriented businesses to the fullest extent allowed by law?
8. Limit Obscene TV Ads: Prohibiting television stations and cable television companies from advertising or promoting the sale of materials that are obscene for minors during the hours from 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.?
9. Religious Freedom: Enacting a state law patterned after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act relative to state action and state law?
10. Civil Unions: Giving legal recognition to “civil unions” or “domestic partnerships” between people of the same sex?
11. Domestic Partner Benefits: Requiring, as a condition of providing goods and services to state or local government, that employers provide “domestic partner” benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples or to homosexual couples.
12. Sexual Orientation Rights: Including sexual orientation or preference under Tennessee’s equivalent of the federal civil rights laws?
13. Elected Judges: Open and contested elections for judges on the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals such as were held before the current process of Gubernatorial appointment followed by unopposed retention elections?