Adrian L Travers
Libertarian | North Carolina
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Adrian L Travers
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2020
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 11
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Kiamichi Tech Center, Stigler, OK, Certificate, 2004
P.A. HS, Port Angeles, WA, Diploma, 1990
WORK & MILITARY
US Army, Pentagon, DC, PFC (E-3), 3
AFFILIATIONS
Christian Faith Center, Creedmoor, NC, Member since 2010, Business Professionals of America
Senior Political Advisor (2002-2004), New Life Christian Center, Stigler, OK, Assistant Worship Director (1995-2004)
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
N/A
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
N/A
Race
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires health care providers to provide life-saving treatment for infants who survive an attempted abortion.
Strongly Agree
I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires health care providers to provide life-saving treatment for infants who survive an attempted abortion.
Strongly Agree
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, North Carolina should repeal its law allowing abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Strongly Agree
If the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, North Carolina should repeal its law allowing abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Only in life-threatening circumstances to the mother, rape, or incest should abortion be considered. As for the latter two listed, the option for adoption and counseling should be considered first and foremost before the last-resort option of abortion.
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Only in life-threatening circumstances to the mother, rape, or incest should abortion be considered. As for the latter two listed, the option for adoption and counseling should be considered first and foremost before the last-resort option of abortion.
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
Strongly Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Neutral
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Neutral
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
I promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles.
Yes
I promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles.
Yes
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Government isn’t to mandate regulations in any church. It cannot tell us to not gather, to not pray, to not worship, to not sing praises, or what to and not to preach behind the pulpit, period. And, to further explain my answer to Question #4: Government has no right whatsoever to define what is or isn’t a marriage. It’s my firm belief that the covenant of marriage has been bastardized in our nation, perverting what it truly means to be married, and government incentives entice couples to make this lifelong commitment designed by the Father with improper motivation. This is one of the most subtle and egregious trespasses of the State into the Church. Eliminate government incentive in marriages, and only those who have the proper heart-motive to commit to a covenant marriage will do so. And, I contend that this phrase has been twisted by the enemy; it should read “separation of State and Church”.
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Government isn’t to mandate regulations in any church. It cannot tell us to not gather, to not pray, to not worship, to not sing praises, or what to and not to preach behind the pulpit, period. And, to further explain my answer to Question #4: Government has no right whatsoever to define what is or isn’t a marriage. It’s my firm belief that the covenant of marriage has been bastardized in our nation, perverting what it truly means to be married, and government incentives entice couples to make this lifelong commitment designed by the Father with improper motivation. This is one of the most subtle and egregious trespasses of the State into the Church. Eliminate government incentive in marriages, and only those who have the proper heart-motive to commit to a covenant marriage will do so. And, I contend that this phrase has been twisted by the enemy; it should read “separation of State and Church”.
HEALTHCARE
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health insurance.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health insurance.
Strongly Disagree
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Government healthcare is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Affordable healthcare can only come from the private sector, and I’m open to any/all ideas to help the transition go smoothly and reasonably.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Government healthcare is nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Affordable healthcare can only come from the private sector, and I’m open to any/all ideas to help the transition go smoothly and reasonably.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
IMMIGRATION
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
State, sheriff and local law enforcement agencies should be required to participate in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287(g) Program to enhance the safety and security of their communities to identify and detain aliens.
Strongly Agree
State, sheriff and local law enforcement agencies should be required to participate in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 287(g) Program to enhance the safety and security of their communities to identify and detain aliens.
Strongly Agree
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
America IS the Great Melting Pot. Our country was founded on immigrants seeking a better life through an intricate combination of unity and rugged individualism and while our culture has many flavors, it is DISTINCT and unique culture, nevertheless. Those who desire to be woven into the fabric and become a piece of the tapestry that makes our nation what it is are welcome, so long as as the parameters of the pathway to legal citizenship are followed. I firmly believe that if our grade schools taught our children the history of our country and how its government was designed to function as it’s required to be learned by all legal immigrants, we wouldn’t have this turmoil that we are facing today. Just as we reject the fallen world to become citizens in God’s Kingdom, immigrants are renouncing their country of origin to be a part of something greater, and I embrace those who do so as family!
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
America IS the Great Melting Pot. Our country was founded on immigrants seeking a better life through an intricate combination of unity and rugged individualism and while our culture has many flavors, it is DISTINCT and unique culture, nevertheless. Those who desire to be woven into the fabric and become a piece of the tapestry that makes our nation what it is are welcome, so long as as the parameters of the pathway to legal citizenship are followed. I firmly believe that if our grade schools taught our children the history of our country and how its government was designed to function as it’s required to be learned by all legal immigrants, we wouldn’t have this turmoil that we are facing today. Just as we reject the fallen world to become citizens in God’s Kingdom, immigrants are renouncing their country of origin to be a part of something greater, and I embrace those who do so as family!
EDUCATION
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
I support adding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
I support adding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.
Strongly Disagree
Parents should have the right to know what schools are teaching their children about sex and LGBT issues and should have the right to opt their children out of any instruction to which they object.
Strongly Agree
Parents should have the right to know what schools are teaching their children about sex and LGBT issues and should have the right to opt their children out of any instruction to which they object.
Strongly Agree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I’m a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian, upholding the principles that there’s nothing we can do to deserve salvation. Never hold anyone in contempt in their personal journey with the Lord. Show love, encouraging all to draw intimately closer to God everyday while we contend with our individual fallen natures. We’re all a work-in-progress. I firmly believe it’s possible for ANYONE to be a born-again believer, WITHOUT ANY PREREQUISITES. It isn’t up to us as the Church to decide when the Lord deals with issues in our lives; such things as that are in God’s timing. Love and befriend those where they are, just as Christ did for us in our sin. He’ll get us there in His glorious timing and not ours, so be prayerfully patient and kind to any and all who are still “under construction”, most notably to those who are easily susceptible to feeling unloved and rejected. As for the parameters of leadership in the church, the Word is clear on this issue, and I see no need to expound on that.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I’m a born-again, Spirit-filled Christian, upholding the principles that there’s nothing we can do to deserve salvation. Never hold anyone in contempt in their personal journey with the Lord. Show love, encouraging all to draw intimately closer to God everyday while we contend with our individual fallen natures. We’re all a work-in-progress. I firmly believe it’s possible for ANYONE to be a born-again believer, WITHOUT ANY PREREQUISITES. It isn’t up to us as the Church to decide when the Lord deals with issues in our lives; such things as that are in God’s timing. Love and befriend those where they are, just as Christ did for us in our sin. He’ll get us there in His glorious timing and not ours, so be prayerfully patient and kind to any and all who are still “under construction”, most notably to those who are easily susceptible to feeling unloved and rejected. As for the parameters of leadership in the church, the Word is clear on this issue, and I see no need to expound on that.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
Borders need protecting. No other country on the planet thinks so polar-opposite than us on this issue. I’m completely for immigration, but with common-sense protocols. Reform should be put on the table for discussion to find a reasonable solutions that doesn’t make our border weak and vulnerable. As for illegals who’ve established lives here, these must be handled on an individual basis, and not with a blanketed policy. There is no such thing as a superior/inferior ethnicity. MLK is a hero of mine. EVERYONE is a “person of color” and our citizens are all members of the American race. Everyone is a flawed being in need of salvation, and we are to extend grace and mercy to others, just as Christ did for us. Until the Korean Conflict, we didn’t meddle in foreign matters. That national policy needs to come back. We’re not to be the World Police.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
Borders need protecting. No other country on the planet thinks so polar-opposite than us on this issue. I’m completely for immigration, but with common-sense protocols. Reform should be put on the table for discussion to find a reasonable solutions that doesn’t make our border weak and vulnerable. As for illegals who’ve established lives here, these must be handled on an individual basis, and not with a blanketed policy. There is no such thing as a superior/inferior ethnicity. MLK is a hero of mine. EVERYONE is a “person of color” and our citizens are all members of the American race. Everyone is a flawed being in need of salvation, and we are to extend grace and mercy to others, just as Christ did for us. Until the Korean Conflict, we didn’t meddle in foreign matters. That national policy needs to come back. We’re not to be the World Police.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
For many years, I’ve sensed in my spirit that I would eventually be drawn into politics. However, I never pursued it personally, so as to not advance any personal agenda of my own. It was last December when I received a text from the Wake (County) Republican Party, requesting me to run against an uncontested democrat incumbent. After it came to light to them that I’ve been a Libertarian since 2016, they wanted to know, if they contacted the Wake Libertarian Party to pitch me as a candidate to run for them in my district, would I be willing to do that. It all sounded absurd enough to say, “Sure, why not?” Wake LP contacted me the very next day, and I sensed that this was God tapping me on the shoulder to step into the political ring. Seeing the divisive polarization facing our nation today, I believe that the timing is right.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
For many years, I’ve sensed in my spirit that I would eventually be drawn into politics. However, I never pursued it personally, so as to not advance any personal agenda of my own. It was last December when I received a text from the Wake (County) Republican Party, requesting me to run against an uncontested democrat incumbent. After it came to light to them that I’ve been a Libertarian since 2016, they wanted to know, if they contacted the Wake Libertarian Party to pitch me as a candidate to run for them in my district, would I be willing to do that. It all sounded absurd enough to say, “Sure, why not?” Wake LP contacted me the very next day, and I sensed that this was God tapping me on the shoulder to step into the political ring. Seeing the divisive polarization facing our nation today, I believe that the timing is right.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
My prayer after reading Hebrews 10:23-25 on 8/2/20: Father, What has happened to us, as a nation and as your Bride? We’ve allowed ourselves to be lulled into complacency, compliant to the whims of a government that’s run by a fallen, corrupt people who dictate edicts based on adolescent emotions and thought. “Safety-ism” is now our nation’s religion. We’re told to follow, WITHOUT QUESTION, mandates put forth by the human collective, even to our own peril, because the human collective refuses to recognize that death cannot be controlled in a world that is owned by death itself. Father, only in You can we escape death, and I commit my life to You, even in these perilous times, where the human collective wishes to destroy us in order to exalt their own existence. Forgive us, Lord. We’ve failed You as a nation and as your Bride. May your grace and mercy fall upon us and save us from ourselves, allowing us to be who You need us to be before the Return of Your Son.
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
My prayer after reading Hebrews 10:23-25 on 8/2/20: Father, What has happened to us, as a nation and as your Bride? We’ve allowed ourselves to be lulled into complacency, compliant to the whims of a government that’s run by a fallen, corrupt people who dictate edicts based on adolescent emotions and thought. “Safety-ism” is now our nation’s religion. We’re told to follow, WITHOUT QUESTION, mandates put forth by the human collective, even to our own peril, because the human collective refuses to recognize that death cannot be controlled in a world that is owned by death itself. Father, only in You can we escape death, and I commit my life to You, even in these perilous times, where the human collective wishes to destroy us in order to exalt their own existence. Forgive us, Lord. We’ve failed You as a nation and as your Bride. May your grace and mercy fall upon us and save us from ourselves, allowing us to be who You need us to be before the Return of Your Son.
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
I support the use of Sharia law as a basis for legislation and judicial decisions in the United States.
Strongly Disagree
I support the use of Sharia law as a basis for legislation and judicial decisions in the United States.
Strongly Disagree
2ND AMENDMENT
Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
Yes
Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
Yes
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Convicted, violent offenders have willfully put their 2nd Amendment right on the proverbial chopping block through poor choices in life, and thusly should receive a suspension of that right for a minimum time of five years, after which, though a system similar to a parole board, each case is to be determined on an individual basis every five years after. As for gun safety/education, I firmly believe it should be taught in schools. There’s a stigma and fear that of guns that needs to be quashed.
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Convicted, violent offenders have willfully put their 2nd Amendment right on the proverbial chopping block through poor choices in life, and thusly should receive a suspension of that right for a minimum time of five years, after which, though a system similar to a parole board, each case is to be determined on an individual basis every five years after. As for gun safety/education, I firmly believe it should be taught in schools. There’s a stigma and fear that of guns that needs to be quashed.
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Strongly Agree
I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Strongly Agree
The Electoral College should be abolished.
Strongly Disagree
The Electoral College should be abolished.
Strongly Disagree
In priority order, what three areas of legislation do you propose to author or sponsor if elected?
1) Defend School Choice, to ensure parents the ability to put their hard-earned tax dollars towards the education that they desire for their child/children. 2) Create Housing Affordability, through the loosening of government zoning restrictions/regulations for private property owners. 3) Help Entrepreneurial Advancement, through the deregulation of government-controlled monopolies and entities (i.e.: ABC stores, charity fundraising restrictions, etc.).
In priority order, what three areas of legislation do you propose to author or sponsor if elected?
1) Defend School Choice, to ensure parents the ability to put their hard-earned tax dollars towards the education that they desire for their child/children. 2) Create Housing Affordability, through the loosening of government zoning restrictions/regulations for private property owners. 3) Help Entrepreneurial Advancement, through the deregulation of government-controlled monopolies and entities (i.e.: ABC stores, charity fundraising restrictions, etc.).
