Candidate for Massachusetts Governor in 2018 Massachusetts 2018 Primary Election.
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Get StartedPublic discussion of abortion is nearly always framed solely from the perspective of the unwillingly pregnant woman, and the arguments for allowing abortion are very compelling from that perspective. Indeed, I myself would be “pro-choice” if it were not for one fact: the act of abortion kills a living human being which science proves and the Bible confirms* is a separate person with his own unique DNA from the moment of conception. Learn more
My views on LGBT issues are rooted in the Bible. I am deeply concerned for those who self-identify as homosexuals, bisexuals and transgender because the Bible warns that they will suffer great harm, both physically and spiritually. Honest observers can attest that the validity of this warning is manifest around us. Learn more
The Bible teaches us to balance justice with mercy, remembering that we are accountable to God for our actions. As governor, I would attempt to keep this balance in my approach to issues of law and justice Learn more
I know the subject of addiction very well! And I tell you the methadone "recovery" model for opioid addiction is not just a scam, it is a form of slavery and a gross moral outrage. Learn more
Secondly, we are expected by God to love our neighbors as ourselves in the way we live, and to manage our individual and community finances to provide the greatest amount of blessing to the greatest number of people. Learn more
As in all things, my approach to economics is based on Biblical principles as I understand them. The first principle is that everything we own and all of the natural resources within our reach were created for our use by God to bless us, and He expects us to be good stewards of them as we fully enjoy them. Learn more
Thirdly, as much as is possible we are to do these things voluntarily, not under compulsion, by encouraging individual philanthropy and a shared social ethic of “people before profit.” Learn more
I would create a visiting teaching program to instruct and assist inner-city welfare-dependant families to home school their children, allowing parents currently under government dependency to use funding available from educational vouchers to teach their own children, both to strengthen family bonds against the lure of antisocial conduct such as gang membership and to build self-esteem and the future employment prospects of parents. Learn more
I would create an educational voucher system to give parents the greatest possible control and prioritize educational funds and objectives to support first home-schooling, then private religious and secular community-based day-schools with high parental involvement, then charter schools and lastly government schools. Learn more
I would also promote a “cohort” approach in which groups of students stay together through all the classes of the core curriculum and operate more like a family. Learn more
In the government school system I would dramatically streamline our vastly bloated educational bureaucracy to free up funding for more teachers to reduce class sizes and increase personal attention to students. Learn more
The more guns in the hands of responsible citizens, the safer we will all be both from criminals and from any power, foreign or domestic, who would seek to subjugate us. Learn more
In my view we have no choice but to care for these children because they are innocent, but we must work diligently to return them and every illegal immigrant to their country of origin so they can get in line behind the law abiding applicants who are seeking entry properly. Learn more
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