| 1) Do you support or oppose elected officials relying on their religious beliefs and values to guide their decisions for South Dakota? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Support | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Religious Beliefs are certainly one of the guides to use. Prudent man rule, fiscal responsibility, compassion, fairness and other components. What would Jesus do? | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Oppose | D | House | Jeff Barth – What religious beliefs? |
| Support | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Support | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 2) Do you support or oppose efforts to reduce the number of abortions in South Dakota? | |||
| Support | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe- Abortions are legal in this country. Supportive legislation of those struggling with the issue is good. Punitive/punishing legislation does no good. | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Support | D | House | Jeff Barth – Stop unwanted pregnancies. |
| Support | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Support | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 3) Do you support or oppose the SD State Lottery spending money on advertising the Lottery? | |||
| Oppose | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Lottery. I am not a fan. Voters have decided to keep it. The question of marketing is, if not funds from proceeds, where should the money come from? | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Oppose | D | House | Jeff Barth – What religious beliefs? |
| Oppose | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Oppose | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 4) Do you support or oppose a reduction in post-incarceration restrictions with regard to employment? | |||
| Oppose | R | Senate | Marsha Symens- more information needed. Depends on type of crime. |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Post incarceration Don’t know enough about what exists today, Also don’t know what has been proposed. Willing to listen and learn. | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| – | D | House | Jeff Barth – I’m not sure |
| – | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| – | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 5) Do you support or oppose provisions that would allow a medical professional to assist another person in committing suicide? | |||
| Oppose | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Assisted suicide. I believe there are a couple of states which allow this. Need to learn more about it, and also read any proposed bill | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Support | D | House | Jeff Barth |
| Oppose | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Oppose | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 6) Do you support or oppose requirements that personal and creative service businesses produce goods or services that may violate their conscience? | |||
| Oppose | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Religious Exemption? Jesus didn’t discriminate. What reason is good enough to allow a person to not follow Him? | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Oppose | D | House | Jeff Barth |
| Oppose | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Oppose | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 7) Do you support or oppose expansion of low-income medical assistance (Medicaid) in South Dakota? | |||
| Oppose | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Medicaid. I support expansion. | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Support | D | House | Jeff Barth |
| Oppose | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Oppose | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 8) Do you support or oppose legislation to increase parent choice in educational-choice options? | |||
| Support | R | Senate | Marsha Symens |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe- Parent choice for education. I know this has been a hot topic for the past few years, but since I have not had children in school | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| – | D | House | Jeff Barth – Not sure |
| Support | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Support | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 9) Do you support or oppose limitations on the use of cross-sex hormones and/or genital surgery for minor children who identify as contrary to their biological sex? | |||
| Support | R | Senate | Marsha Symens – This should not even be an issue in our state!! |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Hormones/Surgery. I know a little about this. I think hormone therapy is ok, since it can be easily stopped/reversed. Surgery is another issue. | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| – | D | House | Jeff Barth – Not sure |
| Support | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Support | R | House | Tom Pischke |
| 10) Do you support or oppose protections for speech and expression, if the speech or expression may be considered by some as highly offensive? | |||
| Support | R | Senate | Marsha Symens – Freedom of speech – we already have laws for this. |
| I | Senate | Rick Knobe – Free speech. Another hot button topic. With free speech comes responsibility. Yelling “fire” in a movie theatre when there isn’t one, is wrong. We should | |
| I | Senate | Seth Van’T Hof | |
| D | House | Jared Nieuwenhuis | |
| Support | D | House | Jeff Barth – I do. Do you? |
| Support | R | House | Jon Hansen |
| Support | R | House | Tom Pischke |
