Defending Family Values
My Christian faith is part of who I am as a human being. It serves as my anchor and directs my actions.
For me, that means continuing to be a strong voice to represent the values of the people I represent in District 4.
Since I began serving in the legislature, Right to Life graded my voting record at 100% pro-life. Defending South Dakota kids rated my voting as A+, or 100%. And Family Hertigage Alliance has rated my voting among the top in the legislature.
One of the family bills I'm most proud of is an adoption bill one of my constituents from Grant County asked me to help with (HB1067, 2019). The family wanted to adopt one of thier foster children, but at age 18 she hadn't lived with the family long enought to legally qualify. So they came to me. After some research, I wrote a bill to improve the adoption process. It was supported almost unanimously by the legislature. Shortly after the bill became law, this young lady had a family!
Other areas I believe are important family issues include:
- Protecting life from conception to natural death.
- Supporting women in crisis pregnancies.
- Protecting gender-confused children from sterilization and mutilation.
- Protecting women's private spaces.
- Protecting traditional marriage between a man and a woman.
- Defending Religious Liberties.
