
Gordon Dye
Republican | Michigan
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Gordon Dye
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 28
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
HFCC, Dearborn, None, 1968
Fordson High, Dearborn, Diploma, 1960
WORK & MILITARY
Business Rules Corp, President, 18
American Business Computer, President, 11
Ford Motor Company, Programmer / Planner, 13
US Army Civil Service, Data Processing, 2
AFFILIATIONS
Grace Christian Church, attendee, Zion Christian Church
attendee, Intl Police & Fire Chaplains Assn, chaplain
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
(None listed.)
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Strongly Agree
3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed now to protect public safety.
Strongly Disagree
4. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
Strongly Disagree
5. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
6. People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Disagree
7. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
8. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
9. The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.
Strongly Agree
10. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Agree
11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
12. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
Strongly Agree
13. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.
Agree
14. The Ten Commandments should not be displayed in public school buildings.
Strongly Disagree
15. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
Strongly Agree
16. The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Agree
17. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Disagree
18. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. Just take a look at Washington.
19. Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
God, Constitution, Voters as a group, Congress, Supreme Court, Voters individually
20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
VERY early in the pregnancy in cases of rape or sexual abuse.
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Raised Evangelical Christian. I consider myself a Christ follower, but also disagree with many Christian theologians. I believe in the fruits of the spirit more than the gifts, although I strongly believe in healing as a result of prayer. I believe God is as active today as he was in the time of Christ.
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