United States Election Issues
 
       While issue combinations rarely go on the ballot, important referenda dealing with one of our issues are common. Below are the ones we’re currently aware of that you might want to follow, and perhaps support in some way (by donating money, contacting your friends that live in the area, phone banking, etc.). We ask subscribers to alert us if there others we should share: weekly@consistent-life.org.
        For the nation-wide November 6 elections, we know of no referenda concerning abortion. The initiative concerning nuclear weapons production in Kansas City, Missouri has been moved to next April.
        We highlight two clear-cut and extremely important issues which are of keen interest:  

 

 
 

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United States Presidential Race
 
        Positions on euthanasia or assisted suicide aren’t listed on the websites. Positions on “war” are complicated, so we use proposals to raise or lower military spending as a clearer stand. All candidates oppose poverty and racism if they are asked for a favor/oppose position, which of course doesn’t happen because the actual question would be how they intend to deal with them. 
 
        Below are multi-state parties. There are many smaller parties and independents.
Joe Schriner is an independent who has the consistent life ethic positions as part of his platform; he came to speak at the Consistent Life 25^th anniversary convention.
 
 

Candidate	Abortion Availability	Death Penalty	Military Spending
Barack Obama Democrat – Incumbent	Strongly Favors	Favors	Favors Higher (cuts only in increases)
Mitt Romney Republican Party	Opposes (currently)	Favors	Much Higher
Jill Stein Green Party	Strongly Favors	Strongly Opposes	Much Lower
Gary Johnson Libertarian Party	Favors before viability	Sees as Flawed	Much Lower
Andre Barnet Reform Party	Limited circumstances	Favors	Lower
Virgil Goode Constitution Party	Strongly Opposes	Strongly Favors	Lower

 

 

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Quotation of the Week
Tom Hoopes, "Time for True Democrats to Start Their Own Party"
National Catholic Register, September 7, 2012

        I remember a time years ago when one of my daughters asked me why some Catholics we knew were Democrats and some were Republicans. “Well, usually Catholics vote Republican because the party platform is pro-life,” I told her. “The Republican Party platform is against abortion. The Democratic platform is all for it.”
        “Well, how can Catholics be Democrats then?” she asked. “Many of them are convinced that Republicans are too pro-war because of the Republican Party's pro-war reputation,” I told her. “And the Democrats used to be known for sticking up for the little guy — before they became so pro-abortion.”
        “Aren’t there any political parties that are pro-life and anti-war?” she asked. I winced. “No, there isn’t,” I said.
        “Well, there should be,” she said.