| Life,
Marriage & Family |
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
Amend Idaho Constitution to define
marriage as between one man and one woman
and prohibit civil unions |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Adoption of children by homosexual
couples |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Remove "no-fault" divorce from Idaho
code |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Ban abortions except to save the
life of the mother |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Parental consent for underage girls
to get an abortion |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Woman to receive an ultrasound picture
of her unborn baby before an abortion |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Require women to receive thorough
information about abortion risks and
development of unborn child before an
abortion |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Embryonic stem cell research in Idaho |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Physician assisted suicide |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
| Education |
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
Require registration of home-schooled
students |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Require state testing of home-schooled
students |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Universal kindergarten |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
State-funded pre-school programs |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Remove cap on charter school expansion |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Teach the Bible as literature and
history in public schools |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Require parental permission for student
involvement in school-sanctioned clubs |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Abstinence-only sex education in
public schools |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Education tax credits |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
| Religous
Liberty |
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
Post Ten Commandments on public property |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Protect right of chaplains to pray
according to their convictions |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Remove jurisdiction from the U.S.
Supreme Court over religious liberty
issues |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Retain "under God" in the Pledge
of Allegiance |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Continue property tax exemption for
churches |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Continue right of churches to address
public policy issues without losing tax
exempt status |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Continue right of churches to distribute
non-partisan voter guides |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
| Fiscal,
Tax Policy & Property |
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
Voter approval for all new taxes
and tax rate increases |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Remove sales tax from groceries |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Limit growth in the state and local
government budget to the previous year’s
level plus population growth and inflation |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Limit property tax to previous year’s
amount, plus inflation and improvements |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Tie school property tax to student
enrollment rather than property values |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Reduce government spending rather
than raise taxes |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Reduce welfare programs |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Pledge not to raise taxes, fees or
rates |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
"Truth in Taxation" legislation |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
"Just compensation" for home and
property owners when government land
regulations reduce property values |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Use eminent domain for economic purposes |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
| Other
Important Issues |
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
"Sexual orientation" language in
hate crimes legislation |
NO
RESPONSE |
NO
RESPONSE |
Casino gambling on Indian lands |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
State lottery |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Allow teaching in public schools
that man is a created being, not an evolved
being |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Allow teaching in public schools
that Ten Commandments is the foundation
of western law |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Allow teaching in public schools
that man’s law should be consistent
with God’s law |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Allow teaching in public schools
that basic rights are a gift of God,
not government |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Allow teaching in public schools
that the proper role of government is
to protect rights given to man by God |
NO
RESPONSE |
UNDECIDED |
Legal Use of firearms as a defense
against criminals without fear of being
prosecuted or sued |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Allow convenience store workers to
carry firearms behind the counter |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Law-abiding citizen’s right
to carry a concealed weapon |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Allow people to keep firearms in
their locked car while at work |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Taxpayer supported benefits for illegal
immigrants |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Enforce existing immigration laws |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Recharging the Eastern Idaho aquifer
without payment of Idaho Power for "surplus
water" |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Increased water use for "salmon flushing" |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
Remove wolves from endangered species
list |
NO
RESPONSE |
SUPPORT |
Breach lower Snake River dams |
NO
RESPONSE |
OPPOSE |
|
Scott
McLeod,
DEM |
Leland
G. “Lee” Heinrich,
REP |
