Republican Rick Murphy is
a former member of the Arizona State Senate,
representing District 21 from 2011 to 2015.
Murphy did not seek re-election in 2014.
Murphy previously served in the Arizona
House of Representatives, representing
District 9 from 2005 to 2011.
"A
typical instance of
the "academic
freedom" strategy
for undermining the
integrity of science
education, SB 1213
specifically
targeted "biological
evolution, the
chemical origins of
life, global
warming[,] and human
cloning" as
supposedly
controversial."
Feb. 25, 2013
PLEASE NOTE:
A "Yes" vote would
allow ranch dogs to
be neglected or
abandoned, killed
and tortured. It
would allow the owner of a ranch dog
to inflict
unnecessary injury
to the animal and
not provide medical
attention.
Question
9:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
11:
Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
Question
15:
Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.*
*SB
1365 would have allowed a doctor to refuse to treat a person who was LGBTQ
or allow a waitress or waiter to refuse service to a person who was
LGBTQ simply by saying it was against their sincerely held religious
beliefs to treat or serve a queer person.
2010 Survey
Questions For
Arizona And County
Candidates
Position Sought:
State Senate LD-9
Question
9:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Candidates'
Position: Support.
Question
11:
Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
Question
15:
Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.*
Question
8:
Amending the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Candidates'
Position: Support
Question
9:
Adding
“sexual
orientation,”
“gender
identity,”
or
“gender
expression”
to the
protected
classes
of race,
religion,
age,
sex, and
ancestry
in
nondiscrimination
law.
Candidates'
Position: Oppose
Question
15:
Protecting professionals from being required to provide services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.*
