CANDIDATE COMPARISON

disclaimer* Many political candidates have nuanced (and often too veiled) positions.  We highly recomend that you...
 I) see footnotes below the table to read the candidates statements or votes.
II) see true explanation of table's color classifications below the table.


 

    RED   : Candidate politically opposes
(in this instance) Catholic teaching
on one of the Five Non-Negotiables.

YELLOW: Candidate neither fully 
opposes nor fully promotes (in this
instance) Catholic teaching on one
of the Five Non-Negotiables.
(Please click to view more.)

  GREEN  : Candidate politically promotes 
(in this instance) Catholic teaching on
one of the Five Non-Negotiables.

 

 

 

NATHAN

WILKES

 

NANCY

SPENCE

   

 

On the issue of
ABORTION
the candidate...
 

Opposes Catholic
Teaching 1a

 Opposes Catholic
Teaching 1b

On the issue of
EUTHANASIA
the candidate..

Unknown 2a

 Unknown 2b

On the issue of
EMBRYONIC STEM
CELL RESEARCH
the candidate...

Opposes Catholic
Teaching 3a

 Unknown 3b

On the issue of
HUMAN CLONING
the candidate...

Unknown 4a

Unknown 4b

On the issue of
HOMOSEXUAL
"MARRIAGE"
the candidate...

Opposes Catholic
Teaching 5a

 Promotes
Catholic
Teaching 5b

 

 

MEANING OF COLOR CLASSIFICATIONS 

I.
If a candidate receives a classification...

    RED    , this does not necessarily mean that the candidate is 100% in favor of the non-negotiable issue, only that the candidate's views find (some) serious and clear departure from that of the Catholic Church. 

YELLOW, this does not mean that the candidate is 50% in favor of the non-negotiable issue, only that there are details of the candidate's views that require the voter's compitant understanding.  Please click on the yellow boxes.

  GREEN  , does not mean that the Church supports or endorses a specific candidate, only that the candidate agrees with the teaching of the Catholic Church on the specific non-negotiable. 

II.
Therefore if both candidates receive the same classification on a specific non-negotiable this does not necessarily mean that the candidates' positions are similar, nor that they carry the same degree of similarity or difference from the teaching of the Catholic Church.

               

FOOTNOTES ON THE ISSUES


ABORTION

1a - Nathan Wilkes indicated on his Political Courage Test that he believes in these principles:

                      Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.

                  Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.         (source: link )


1b - Sen. Spence voted: "nay" to Prohibit State Funds from Providing Abortion Services and "yea" to Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors. (source: link )


EUTHANASIA
2a - Unknown stance on this topic.  Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

2b - Unknown stance on this topic.  Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.


EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH


3a - Nathan Wilkes indicated on his Political Courage Test that he supports State Funding of Embryonic Stem Cell Research. (source: link ) 
3b - Unknown stance on this topic.  Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.
      
HUMAN CLONING

4a - Unknown stance on this topic.  Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.
4b - Unknown stance on this topic.  Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE
 
5a - Nathan Wilkes indicates which principles he supports regarding social issues, below:   (source: link )
Yes a) Should Colorado recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
Yes b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
Yes c) Should Colorado provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
 
  
  

5b - Sen. Spence voted: "nay" to Same-Sex Partnership Benefits.  (source: link )

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

1. Why are there only these five issues displayed?
These issues are "non-negotiable." To find out more as to why only these are designated as such, please click here.

2. What about the other issues?
Click here to find out the importance of the other social issues in Church teaching.