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Jocelyn Benson

Secretary of State of Michigan and academic.

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Jocelyn Benson’s policies on social issues

These issues below are sorted in descending order based on how important the average American voter ranked them on the quiz.

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Social  ›  LGBT Adoption Rights

Should gay couples have the same adoption rights as straight couples?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Gay Marriage

Do you support the legalization of same sex marriage?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Abortion

What is your stance on abortion?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbasePro-choice

Social  ›  Gender Transition

Should people under the age of 18 years old be able to receive gender-transition treatments?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Gun Buyback

Should the federal government institute a mandatory buyback of assault weapons?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Religious Freedom Act

Should a business be able to deny service to a customer if the request conflicts with the owner’s religious beliefs?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseNo, all customers deserve to be treated equally

Social  ›  Gender Identity

Should “gender identity” be added to anti-discrimination laws?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Transgender Athletes

Should transgender athletes be allowed to compete against athletes that differ from their assigned sex at birth?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Marital Rape

Should marital rape be classified and punished as severely as non-marital rape?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, and consentual sex with a spouse under the age of 18 should be classified as statutory rape

Social  ›  Religious Service Ban

Should religious gatherings be banned in order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic?

  Party’s support baseYes

Social  ›  Government Definition of Gender

Should the government officially recognize only two biological sexes?

  Party’s support baseNo

Social  ›  Planned Parenthood Funding

Should the government continue to fund Planned Parenthood?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Racial Sensitivity Training

Should the federal government require racial sensitivity training for employees?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, and also include LGBTQ+ topics

Social  ›  Death Penalty

Do you support the death penalty?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseNo

Social  ›  Hate Speech

Should hate speech be protected by the first amendment?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseNo

Social  ›  Confederate Flag

Should states be allowed to display the Confederate flag on government property?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseNo, it is a symbol of racism, separatism and treason

Social  ›  Gender Workplace Diversity

Should businesses be required to have women on their board of directors?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseNo, board members should be the most qualified regardless of gender

Social  ›  First Amendment

Should the government support a separation of church and state by removing references to God on money, federal buildings, and national monuments?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, but do not waste money removing existing references

Social  ›  Safe Spaces

Should universities provide “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” for students?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Government Mandates

Should health insurance providers be required to offer free birth control?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes

Social  ›  Women in Combat

Should the military allow women to serve in combat roles?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, as long as they can pass the same physical tests as men

Social  ›  Niqāb

Should women be allowed to wear a Niqāb, or face veil, to civic ceremonies?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, we should respect all cultural traditions

Social  ›  Euthanasia

Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide?

  Jocelyn Benson voterbaseYes, but only after a psychological examination to show they fully understand this choice

Social  ›  Federal DEI Programs

Should DEI programs be eliminated from federal government agencies?

  Party’s support baseNo

Social  ›  Teacher and Faculty Diversity Training

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for teachers and faculty?

  Party’s support baseYes

Social  ›  Frozen Embryos Legal Status

Should frozen embryos be considered children?

  Party’s support baseNo

Social  ›  Student Diversity Training

Should schools be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for students?

  Party’s support baseYes

Social  ›  Employee Diversity Training

Should companies be allowed to require mandatory diversity training for employees?

  Party’s support baseYes

Social  ›  Affirmative Action Contracts

Should the government eliminate affirmative action requirements for federal contractors?

  Party’s support baseNo

Social  ›  Land Acknowledgment Statements

Should major public events include land acknowledgment statements?

  Party’s support baseYes

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…4mos4MO

Trump's Deportation Storm: America Braces for Mass Exodus of Immigrants

For months, immigration advocates have been planning for the possibility of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Now, their worst fears have arrived.Immigrants’ rights groups have spent the last year preparing for a second Trump term and an overhaul of the nation’s immigration system, analyzing Trump’s proposals, drafting legal briefs, coordinating messaging and organizing aid for immigrants and asylum seekers. They responded to Trump’s victory with alarm and vowed to put up a fight, setting the stage for four more years of contentious court battles with his administration.Some are already preparing to push current leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to take steps to stymie the incoming Trump team, particularly on immigrant detention and the use of AI in enforcement.“We should expect to see the devastation of immigrant communities all over the country. We should expect to see family separation,” said Kica Matos, the president of the National Immigration Law Center. “It is entirely possible that he will try to use the military to carry out deportations, so that means that Americans all over the country will see the military engaging in enforcement against civilian populations, which is horrifying.”Trump, after winning a historic victory on a platform of turbo-charged immigration enforcement, has said he will conduct mass deportations at a scale never before seen. Immigrant advocates have warned this would be expensive and inhumane, separating families and wrecking communities. The president-elect has also vowed to build huge detention camps, hire thousands more border agents, funnel military spending toward border security and invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel suspected members of drug cartels and criminal gangs without court hearings.He has also said he would end “catch-and-release” — allowing migrants to remain free, often with monitoring, while they await immigration court hearings — and restore a policy from his first term requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their cases are processed. And he has dodged questions about whether he would try to bring back family separation.

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