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Candidate for Representative, Kentucky , District #17

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Representative C. B. Embry (R), supported 2 of the 12 questions asked on Kentucky Equality PAC's Questionnaire. 

EQUALITY RATING: 16%

RESPONSE TO KENTUCKY EQUALITY PAC'S QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. ACCESS TO SURVIVOR BENEFITS
   Supports passage of a Kentucky bill to pay survivor benefits to the same-sex partners of LGBT people. OPPOSE
2. COMMONWEALTH BENEFITS FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES
   Supports extending benefits, rights, privileges and responsibilities offered by the Commonwealth to same-sex couples and their children provided the partnership meets certain standards of commitment mandated by the Commonwealth. OPPOSE
3. CIVIL UNIONS
   Supports repealing Kentucky’s 2004 Constitutional Amendment disallowing civil unions for same-sex couples. OPPOSE
4. DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS AT KENTUCKY UNIVERSITIES
   Supports allowing the Board of Regents (as appointed by the Governor) at each university to decide whether to offer same-sex domestic partner benefits without interference from the Kentucky House of Representatives or Senate. OPPOSE
5. EQUAL TAX TREATMENT FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES
   Supports passage of a Kentucky bill giving fair and equal tax treatment of same-sex couples on the same basis as married couples provided the partnership meets certain standards of commitment mandated by the Commonwealth. OPPOSE
6. FUNDING FOR HIV/AIDS
   Supports increased funding for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and research. SUPPORT
7. FUNERAL LEAVE
   Supports passage of a Kentucky bill giving funeral leave benefits to same-sex couples comparable to existing policies for opposite-sex couples to employees of the Commonwealth. OPPOSE
8. GAY MARRIAGE
   Supports repealing Kentucky’s 2004 Constitutional Amendment disallowing same-sex marriage. OPPOSE
9. HATE CRIMES LAW
   Supports passage of a Kentucky bill that gives authority to the Kentucky State Police and/or the Kentucky Bureau of Investigation to investigate and prosecute violent crimes motivated by bias against the victim because of their sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or disability. SUPPORT
10. HOSPITAL VISITATION RIGHTS
    Supports passage of a Kentucky bill allowing anyone 18 and older to designate a non-blood relative as having hospital room access. OPPOSE
11. NON-DISCRIMINATION OPPOSE
1. Supports passage of a Kentucky bill prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. OPPOSE
2. Supports local “home rule,” allowing political subdivisions of the Commonwealth to adopt their own non-discrimination laws (such as the laws currently in place in Covington, Lexington, and Louisville protecting LGBT citizens from discrimination). OPPOSE
12. SEX EDUCATION
    Supports passage of a Kentucky bill to channel money to school districts that choose to teach comprehensive and age-appropriate sex education for Kentucky’s students that includes science-based prevention methods (against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases). OPPOSE

Bio

Kentucky House of Representatives 2003 - Present

Born 1941. WKU, BS. UK, UofL, KY Wesleyan, Duke Univ.

AFFILIATIONS:
- Baptist
- Gideons International
- Promise Keepers
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Butler Co Shrine Club
- Kentucky Republican Party

^TM and ^(C) 2008 Kentucky Equality PAC.
P.S. Johnson, Manager, Kentucky Equality PAC
Paid for by Kentucky Equality PAC.
info@kyequalitypac.org