Terence Collins

Strongly Agree

I believe every human life has inherent dignity and deserves legal protection from conception until natural death. The value of a person’s life does not depend on age, ability, health, independence, economic circumstances, or whether that life is considered convenient by others. Being pro-life means protecting unborn children and supporting mothers facing difficult or unexpected pregnancies. It also means strengthening families, improving access to prenatal and maternal healthcare.

A school should respond to a student facing an unexpected or crisis pregnancy with compassion, dignity, and practical support—never shame, coercion, or political advocacy. The school’s first responsibility is to protect the student’s safety and help her remain engaged in her education. Appropriate support may include counseling, reasonable academic accommodations, protection from bullying, and connections to qualified healthcare providers and community organizations that offer prenatal care, parenting assistance, adoption information, and other life-affirming resources. Parents should be involved whenever legally possible, because schools should not replace families in making profound medical and personal decisions.

Strongly Disagree

I disagree. Government cannot guarantee everyone a particular income without continually taking resources from those who earn them and expanding government dependency. Government’s proper role is to protect individual rights, maintain public safety, provide essential services, and create the conditions in which people can succeed through education, work, entrepreneurship, and personal responsibility. A compassionate society should maintain a responsible safety net for temporary emergencies.

Strongly Agree

I support displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools and courthouses in a manner consistent with constitutional requirements. They are not only a sacred religious text but also an important part of the moral and historical foundation of Western law and American civic life. Principles such as respecting life, honoring parents, rejecting theft, and bearing truthful witness helped shape our understanding of justice and personal responsibility.

Strongly Agree

I strongly agree. Students do not surrender their constitutional rights when they enter a public school. They should be free to speak civilly about matters of faith and conscience, including Christianity, without being silenced, penalized, or treated differently because of their beliefs.Schools must apply their rules fairly and without favoring or disfavoring any religious viewpoint. Christian students should have the same opportunity as other students to express their beliefs in classrooms.

Strongly Disagree

I oppose efforts to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel. Palestinian leaders have previously declined or failed to accept major Israeli and American-backed proposals that would have established a Palestinian state, including negotiations led by President Bill Clinton in 2000 and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s proposal in 2008. Palestinian statehood requires more than placing demands on Israel. It requires Palestinian leadership willing to recognize Israel’s right to exist.

Strongly Agree

I agree. Peace is most likely to endure when America possesses the military strength, readiness, and resolve to deter aggression before war begins. Our adversaries must understand that the United States can and will defend its citizens, its territory, and its vital national interests. A strong military requires more than increased spending. It requires disciplined leadership, modern equipment, secure supply chains, clear objectives, and genuine support for the men and women who serve.

Strongly Agree

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and returning control of education to states, local communities, and parents. Education is primarily a state and local responsibility, yet taxpayers currently fund multiple layers of federal, state, intermediate, and local administration before resources ever reach a classroom. Every additional layer creates more bureaucracy, reporting requirements, administrative positions, compliance costs, and opportunities for taxpayer dollars to lost.

Neutral

I support taxpayer funding for a strong K–12 public education system, but I do not support an unlimited government guarantee of free education from preschool through college. The state’s first obligation is to ensure that every child can read, write, perform mathematics, and graduate prepared for employment, skilled training, military service, or higher education. Michigan should meet that fundamental responsibility before creating additional universal programs that taxpayers must fund.

Strongly Disagree

I disagree. Schools should not provide abortion or gender-transition advocacy or services through organizations such as Planned Parenthood. Sensitive medical decisions belong with parents and qualified healthcare professionals—not school personnel or outside political organizations. Schools should focus on education while respecting parental rights and student privacy.

Language Arts Mathematics Science American History Civics Vocational Learning Personal Finances Information Technology Physical Fitness Art & Music Foreign Language Sexuality—limited to age-appropriate health education with transparency and parental control

Students should have equality of opportunity. Every child deserves access to safe schools, effective teachers, rigorous instruction, and appropriate support. Schools cannot guarantee identical outcomes because students differ in abilities, interests, effort, and goals. We should remove unfair barriers while maintaining high standards and rewarding achievement.

Strongly Agree

Children deserve protection from sexual exploitation, grooming, and age-inappropriate explicit content in schools, libraries, and public venues, including sexually explicit drag performances. These safeguards should apply consistently, regardless of viewpoint. Parents deserve transparency and must retain primary authority over their children’s exposure to sensitive sexual content.

Strongly Agree

I believe marriage is a God-ordained, sacred union of one man and one woman. Government did not create marriage and cannot redefine its religious meaning. While civil law recognizes other unions, government must protect the freedom of individuals and religious institutions to profess, teach, and live according to this belief.

Strongly Agree

I strongly agree. Parents have the fundamental right and responsibility to direct their children’s education, healthcare, and moral upbringing. Government and schools must respect that authority, provide full transparency, and seek parental consent before consequential decisions, intervening only when necessary to protect a child from abuse or neglect.

I was raised Catholic, received the sacraments, and was confirmed in the Church. I continue to attend Mass weekly. My faith teaches me that every person is created by God and possesses inherent dignity. It calls me to protect life, honor family, serve others, seek truth, show compassion, and remain accountable to principles greater than myself.

Age-appropriate sexual health education should focus on abstinence, consent, human anatomy and the reproductive system, puberty, prevention of sexually transmitted infections, physical and emotional health outcomes, and stages of pregnancy and fetal development. Instruction should be medically accurate, transparent to parents, and subject to parental consent or opt-out protections.

Strongly Disagree

I disagree. Identification is routinely required to drive, begin employment, obtain financing, open accounts, or enter secure facilities. Voting is equally consequential. Requiring photo identification helps confirm that each ballot is cast by an eligible voter, provided government makes suitable identification readily available to every qualified citizen.

Strongly Agree

I agree. Women’s sports and intimate spaces exist to protect fairness, privacy, safety, and equal opportunity for females. Eligibility and access should be based on biological sex in athletics, bathrooms, locker rooms, shelters, sororities, and correctional facilities, while providing appropriate accommodations that preserve every person’s dignity and security.

No

No

Very Conservative

strongly conservative—fiscally conservative, socially conservative, pro-life, pro-parental rights, supportive of religious liberty, limited government, a strong national defense, and traditional American civic values.

Restrictions should target individuals proven dangerous—not law-abiding citizens. Firearm possession should remain prohibited for violent felons and people judicially determined, with due process, to pose a serious danger. Government should rigorously enforce existing laws against violent crime, illegal trafficking, and straw purchasing while protecting the constitutional right to self-defense.