Lyndon Laird

Republican | Texas

Candidate Profile

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BIOGRAPHY

Name

Lyndon Laird


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

Primary


Race

State Rep., Dist. 58


Incumbent

No


Links

Lyndon Laird websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Baylor Law School, Waco, TX, JD, 1985

Baylor University, Waco, TX, BBA, 1983

WORK & MILITARY

Laird Law Firm, Principal, 28

Henslee Schwartz Law Firm, Partner, 5

Whitaker Chalk Law Firm, Partner, 5

AFFILIATIONS

Greg Abbott for Governor, Contributor, CASA of Johnson County

Board member, CASA of Johnson County, Legal advisor

Johnson County Republican Party, Candidate, Cleburne Chamber of Commerce

Member, First Baptist Church, Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

(Candidate did not provide)

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

(Candidate did not provide)

Race

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

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 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 The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) should be repealed by Congress.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.

Strongly 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.

No Answer

17. 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, Supreme Court, Congress, Voters

18. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and created Man, including Woman, in His holy and perfect image. God is three Persons in perfect unity--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God is everlasting, eternally Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, but God has no beginning and no end. God is Almighty, all-knowing, just, perfect, good, holy, and merciful. He is Lord of all. I believe that rebellion from God separated Man from God, resulting in the fallen world we live in today. The world today is saturated with all the things that God forbade in the Ten Commandments--things like abortion, murder, lies, and theft. God provided that His only begotten son, Jesus, would shed His blood to redeem Mankind so that whoever accepts His salvation shall be saved from eternal condemnation and separation from God. All things were created by Jesus and for Him. The heavens themselves declare the glory of God. We are without excuse to deny Him.

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