Eric Delano Knowles
Republican | Maryland
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BIOGRAPHY
Name
Eric Delano Knowles
Party
Republican
Election Year
2012
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist. 3
Incumbent
No
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OTHER (3)
Liberty Candidates
The Revolution
Blaine Young, President of the Board of Frederick County Commissioners.
OTHER INFORMATION
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 is the key to national prosperity.
Strongly Agree
2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry of persons into the country.
Strongly Agree
3. It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
No Answer
5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
No Answer
6. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
7. The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Agree
8. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.
No Answer
9. U.S. disarmament entailed in President Obama’s defense budget cuts will endanger our national security.
Strongly Agree
10. Pure democracy is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
11. Who has the primary responsibility to be sure children are properly educated?
Parents
12. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?
10th am State issue; Not detailed in Constitution
13. 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 family voters congress Supreme Court
14. What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers within the Constitution?
It is in mankinds nature to attempt to enforce their beliefs through the highest level of perceived authority. The Founding Fathers believed that issues of our morality can only be properly judged and enforced by God, our belief in god and our Judeo-Christian values, not by physical force which is all that government is. (Cont. in next question)
15. Please list your educational, military and vocational history, and any church and civic leadership positions held, and political positions held or sought.
(Continued from previous question) The founding fathers crafted a federal government to be limited in it's scope and power purposefully because great power can also lead to great abuse of power. The sought a delicate balance between the necessary evil of government and personal liberty balanced by personal/moral responsibility. The 9th and 10th amendment binds us who seek federal office from being able to legislate anything beyond the limits placed on the Federal Government. This is why I will not answer the questions in this questionnaire that aren't within the jurisdiction of the Constitution with an up or down answer. I will however answer them here. Abortion is a State issue, not a federal issue. Roe V Wade should be overturned and can be if Congress will reestablish the authority of the States in accordance with the Constitution. When I ran for Governor of this state, I promised and still promise to fight for an Abortion free state. I'll use my position and (cont next question)
16. What charitable, educational, religious, or political organizations have you been affiliated with as a member, contributor, or volunteer?
(continued from previous question) gravitas to influence the state legislature and governor to protect life from conception to natural death. But I will not violate my Oath to the Constitution that I swear to God himself. Nor do I believe that the Federal Government or any government has authority over our marriages - heterosexual or otherwise. This has always been a function of church until that same human nature the founders designed the Constitution to protect us against, sought to have government assume another power that they weren't meant to have. Just as with education, we as parents are responsible for raising our children with our morality, not surrendering that job to the state. The state is not God, and we are not wise to attempt to endow it with the authority of God. We as humans are ill equipped, lacking God's omniscience, to be able to evaluate and administer the necessary and proper force in these matters. This is why these issues are best handled (cont next question)
17. Please list the six (6) most important endorsements (groups or individuals) of your current candidacy.
(cont from previous question) with our morality within our communities and families. This is the only way to spread our beliefs and preserve our Liberty, as intended. Lastly, we have no reason to fear any other type of law if we adhere to our Constitution 100%.
