2014 Questionnaire Results

Protect Marriage seeks to inform voters which candidates are most likely to defend marriage and protect our religious rights. Events in the Maryland General Assembly over the last 4 years have demonstrated that failure to pay attention to the people representing us in Annapolis leads directly to the destruction of our rights. Some will argue that government has no role in religion or marriage whatsoever. However, all of the founding documents and Constitutions of the United States recognize that government has an express role in protecting the religious rights of each individual, as well as their property rights. Marriage, which unites two families, making members of each family relatives “in-law” to the other, also treats the husband and his wife as “one flesh.” This means, as the Maryland Constitution still maintains, that the property of the husband is also the property of the wife, even if one of them should die. Civil government’s role in marriage is to protect those property rights, as well as custody rights over children conceived in a marriage. Refusal to acknowledge this has led to many well-meaning people of faith allowing the definition of marriage to be twisted into an unrecognizable institution which is more about “feelings” than about the legal, familial, and spiritual bonds that marriage was always meant to create. We urge strongly against voting for any candidate who believes that government has no role in marriage, as this leads to the absurd conclusion that government has no role enforcing moral behavior, which leads to acceptance of amoral and even immoral government.

We were also sent several questionnaire responses which sought to discourage us from our mission of standing for your rights and values. One commenter noted, “You lost…get over it.” And many former marriage supporters have agreed with this sentiment and moved on to other things, feeling we cannot win this battle. However, the homosexuals lost in 2011 and every year before that, but did they “get over it?” Those who seek to impose gender confusion have lost every time they brought a transgender/bathroom bill up for a vote, but did they “get over it?” How silly would it be, therefore, if after a single loss, the faithful got over everything they learned in their churches, mosques, and temples, and the values which were passed to them by their parents and grandparents? How silly is it that we would sit idly by and accept that believing in the fundamental definition of marriage and that a person’s gender is defined by his/her genitalia should be ridiculed and called “bigotry?” We are in a fight to maintain a grasp on reality, because the Maryland General Assembly, Attorney General, Governor, and Courts have all agreed to use law to edit the dictionary and marginalize those of us who believe in reality. One candidate stated a strong belief that marriage was between one man and one woman, but indicated no willingness to vote in accordance with that belief. In like manner, if a person has a strong belief that murder is wrong but they refuse to pass laws to prevent murder, how does electing them benefit anyone? It does not. We must therefore engage in a campaign to never “get over it,” but to keep fighting and talking to our friends and neighbors on how important it is to be involved in politics and to vote only for candidates who share our values. We urge you as a Maryland voter to support and vote for the endorsed candidates in your district.

Guide to Endorsement Chart…

On the left half are evaluations of candidate responses. Senate candidate names are in Italics. (No candidates were considered if they did not respond to PMM’s questionnaire or in-person inquiries.) A green-colored “GOOD,” “STRONG,” or “VERY STRONG” endorsement indicates that we believe this candidate should be elected or retained based on what they will do to protect the definitions of marriage and gender. On the right half, incumbents are listed for historical reference. We have tried to list incumbents who are candidates for re-election on the same line, or to note by the incumbent’s name if they are running in a new district. In the far right column, the first “+” or “-” indicates if the incumbent voted to protect marriage, and the second indicates their vote on the Bathroom Bill. A Green or Red-colored square indicates the incumbent’s favorability on these votes. Incumbents who voted inconsistently may have no color to indicate uncertainty about how they may vote in the future. (If anyone reading has more information on these incumbents, please let PMM know for future endorsements.) However regardless of how they voted, incumbents who went back on their prior pro-family positions or refused to use every tool at their disposal to prevent the fundamental undermining of marriage and gender have been colored Red to indicate they cannot be trusted and should not be rewarded with your vote, even if there is no other choice on the ballot.

PMM Endorsed Candidates Likelihood to Incumbent (2010 District) Incumbent on Marriage/Bathroom Bill (2014 District) Protect Marriage (“+” is Good, “- “ is & Values Bad)

Governor Charles Lollar/Ken Timmerman (R) VERY STRONG Martin O’Malley/Anthony Brown (D) - / -

Attorney General None Doug Gansler (D) - / -

DISTRICT 1 (Allegany, Garrett & DISTRICT 1 (Allegany, Garrett & Washington) Washington) George C. Edwards (R) + / + DISTRICT 1A (Garrett & Allegany) DISTRICT 1A (Garrett & Allegany) Wendell R. Beitzel (R) + / + DISTRICT 1B (Allegany County ) DISTRICT 1B (Allegany County) Kevin Kelly (D) + / + DISTRICT 1C (Allegany & (pick 1) DISTRICT 1C (Allegany & Washington) Washington) Ray Givens (R) VERY STRONG LeRoy E. Myers, Jr. (R) - retiring + / + Mike McKay (R) VERY STRONG

DISTRICT 2 (Washington County) DISTRICT 2 (Washington County) Christopher B. Shank (R) + / + DISTRICT 2A (Washington DISTRICT 2A (Washington County) County) Andrew A. Serafini (R) + / + Neil C. Parrott (R) STRONG Neil C. Parrott (R) + / + DISTRICT 2B (Washington DISTRICT 2C (Washington County) County) John P. Donoghue (D) + / +

DISTRICT 3 (Frederick County) DISTRICT 3 (Frederick & Washington) Ronald N. Young (D) - / - DISTRICT 3A (Frederick County) DISTRICT 3A (Frederick County) Victoria Wilkins (R) VERY STRONG Galen R. Clagett (D) - / - Patrick N. Hogan (R) + / + DISTRICT 3B (Frederick County ) DISTRICT 3B (Frederick & Washington) Michael J. Hough (R) + / +

DISTRICT 4 (Frederick & Carroll) (pick 1) DISTRICT 4 (Frederick & Carroll) David R. Brinkley (R) VERY STRONG David R. Brinkley (R) + / + Michael J. Hough (R) VERY STRONG DISTRICT 4A (Frederick ) Kathryn L. Afzali (R) + / + Kelly M. Schulz (R) + / + DISTRICT 4B (Carroll & Frederick) Donald B. Elliott (R) – redistricted into 5 + / +

DISTRICT 5 (Carroll County) DISTRICT 5 ( County & Carroll) Joseph M. Getty (R) + / + (Pick 3) Carmen Amedori (R) VERY STRONG DISTRICT 5A (Carroll County ) (R) VERY STRONG Justin D. Ready (R) + / + Susan Krebs (R) VERY STRONG Nancy R. Stocksdale (R) + / + Donald B. Elliott (R) VERY STRONG DISTRICT 5B (Baltimore County) A. Wade Kach (R) - / +

DISTRICT 6 (Baltimore County) DISTRICT 6 (Baltimore County) Norman R. Stone, Jr. (D) + / - Joseph J. Minnick (D) + / + Jake Mohorovic (D) STRONG John A. Olszewski, Jr. (D) - / - Michael H. Weir, Jr. (D) + / +

DISTRICT 7 (Baltimore County & DISTRICT 7 (Baltimore County & Harford) Harford) J. B. Jennings (R) + / + Richard K. Impallaria (R) + / + Patrick L. McDonough (R) + / + (R) + / +

DISTRICT 8 (Baltimore County) DISTRICT 8 (Baltimore County) Katherine A. Klausmeier (D) - / - Joseph C. Boteler III (R) – redistricted to 42B + / + Eric M. Bromwell (D) - / - John W. E. Cluster, Jr. (R) + / +

DISTRICT 9 (Carroll & Howard) DISTRICT 9 (Carroll & Howard) Allan H. Kittleman (R) - / - DISTRICT 9A (Carroll & Howard) (Pick 2) DISTRICT 9A (Howard County) Frank Mirabile (R) VERY STRONG Gail H. Bates (R) – running for Senate + / + Warren E. Miller (R) STRONG Warren E. Miller (R) + / + Kyle Lorton (R) GOOD DISTRICT 9B (Howard County) DISTRICT 9B (Carroll County) Susan W. Krebs (R) – redistricted to 5B + / +

DISTRICT 10 (Baltimore County) DISTRICT 10 (Baltimore County) Delores G. Kelley (D) - / - Emmett C. Burns, Jr. (D) + / + Adrienne A. Jones (D) - / - Shirley Nathan-Pulliam (D) - / -

DISTRICT 11 (Baltimore County) DISTRICT 11 (Baltimore County) Robert A. (Bobby) Zirkin (D) - / - Jon S. Cardin (D) – running for Attorney - / - General Dan K. Morhaim (D) - / - Dana M. Stein (D) - / -

DISTRICT 12 (Baltimore County & DISTRICT 12 (Baltimore County & Howard) Howard) Edward J. Kasemeyer (D) - / - DISTRICT 12A (Baltimore County, Howard) Steven J. DeBoy, Sr. (D) + / - James E. Malone, Jr. (D) - / - DISTRICT 12B (Howard County) Elizabeth Bobo (D) - / -

DISTRICT 13 (Howard County) DISTRICT 13 (Howard County) James N. Robey (D) - / - Guy J. Guzzone (D) - / - Shane E. Pendergrass (D) - / - Frank S. Turner (D) - / -

DISTRICT 14 (Montgomery DISTRICT 14 (Montgomery County) County) Karen S. Montgomery (D) - / - Anne R. Kaiser (D) - / - Eric G. Luedtke (D) - / - Craig J. Zucker (D) - / -

DISTRICT 15 (Montgomery DISTRICT 15 (Montgomery County) County) Robert J. Garagiola (D) – (resigned) / Brian - / - J. Feldman (D) Kathleen M. Dumais (D) - / - Brian J. Feldman (D) – took Senate Seat / - / - David Fraser-Hidalgo (D) Aruna Miller (D) - / -

DISTRICT 16 (Montgomery DISTRICT 16 (Montgomery County) County) Brian E. Frosh (D) – running for Attorney - / - General John Andrews (R) VERY STRONG C. William Frick (D) - / - Ariana B. Kelly (D) - / - Susan C. Lee (D) - / -

DISTRICT 17 (Montgomery DISTRICT 17 (Montgomery County) County) Jennie M. Forehand (D) - / - Kumar P. Barve (D) - / - James W. Gilchrist (D) - / - Luiz R. S. Simmons (D) - / -

DISTRICT 18 (Montgomery DISTRICT 18 (Montgomery County) County) Richard S. Madaleno, Jr. (D) - / - Alfred C. Carr, Jr. (D) - / - (D) - / - Jeffrey D. Waldstreicher (D) - / -

DISTRICT 19 (Montgomery DISTRICT 19 (Montgomery County) County) (D) - / - Sam Arora (D) + / + Bonnie L. Cullison (D) - / - Benjamin F. Kramer (D) - / -

DISTRICT 20 (Montgomery DISTRICT 20 (Montgomery County) County) Jamin B. (Jamie) Raskin (D) - / - Sheila E. Hixson (D) - / - Tom Hucker (D) - / - Heather R. Mizeur (D) – running for - / - Governor

DISTRICT 21 (Anne Arundel & DISTRICT 21 (Anne Arundel & Prince George's ) Prince George's ) James C. Rosapepe (D) - / - Kathy Butcher (R) GOOD Benjamin S. Barnes (D) - / - Barbara A. Frush (D) - / - Joseline A. Pena-Melnyk (D) - / -

DISTRICT 22 (Prince George's DISTRICT 22 (Prince George's County) County) Paul G. Pinsky (D) - / - Tawanna P. Gaines (D) - / - (D) - / - Justin D. Ross (D) - / -

DISTRICT 23 (Prince George's DISTRICT 23 (Prince George's) County) Douglas J. J. Peters (D) + / -

DISTRICT 23A (Prince George's) DISTRICT 23A (Prince George's) James W. Hubbard (D) - / - Geraldine Valentino-Smith (D) + / + DISTRICT 23B (Prince George's) DISTRICT 23B (Prince George's) Thea Wilson (D) STRONG Marvin E. Holmes, Jr. (D) - / -

DISTRICT 24 (Prince George's DISTRICT 24 (Prince George's) County) Joanne C. Benson (D) + / - Cy Oroko (R) STRONG Tiffany Alston (D) /Darren Swain (D) - / - Carolyn J. B. Howard (D) + / - Michael L. Vaughn (D) + / +

DISTRICT 25 (Prince George's DISTRICT 25 (Prince George's) County) (D) + / - Aisha N. Braveboy (D) – running for Attorney + / - General (completely renounced prior marriage support) Dereck E. Davis (D) + / - Melony G. Griffith (D) – running for Senate + / - Seat

DISTRICT 26 (Prince George's DISTRICT 26 (Prince George's) County) Kelley Howells (R) STRONG C. Anthony Muse (D) + / - Tamara Davis Brown (D) STRONG Veronica L. Turner (D) – running for Senate Absent (-) / - Seat Kriselda Valderrama (D) - / - (D) + / +

DISTRICT 27 (Calvert & Prince DISTRICT 27 (Calvert & Prince George's) George's) Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr. (D) + / - DISTRICT 27A (Charles & Prince DISTRICT 27A (Calvert & Prince George's) George's) James E. Proctor, Jr. (D) + / - Joseph F. Vallario, Jr. (D) – redistricted to + / - 23B DISTRICT 27B (Calvert & Prince DISTRICT 27B (Calvert County) George’s) Mark N. Fisher (R) – redistricted to 27C + / + DISTRICT 27C (Calvert County)

DISTRICT 28 (Charles County) DISTRICT 28 (Charles County) Thomas M. Middleton (D) + / - Allan Donnelly (R) Sally Y. Jameson (D) + / + Peter F. Murphy (D) - / - C. T. Wilson (D) + / +

DISTRICT 29 (Calvert, Charles & DISTRICT 29 (Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's St. Mary's ) ) Steve Waugh (R) VERY STRONG Roy P. Dyson (D) + / + DISTRICT 29A (Charles & St. DISTRICT 29A (Charles & St. Mary's ) Mary's ) Brian “Puff” Barthelme (R) VERY STRONG John F. Wood, Jr. (D) + / + DISTRICT 29B (St. Mary's County) DISTRICT 29B (St. Mary's County) Deb Rey (R) VERY STRONG John L. Bohanan, Jr. (D) - / + DISTRICT 29C (Calvert & St. DISTRICT 29C (Calvert & St. Mary's ) Mary's) Anthony J. O’Donnell (R) STRONG Anthony J. O'Donnell (R) + / +

DISTRICT 30 (Anne Arundel DISTRICT 30 (Anne Arundel) County) John C. Astle (D) + / + Michael E. Busch (D) - / - Ronald A. George (R) – running for Governor + / + Herbert H. McMillan (R) + / +

DISTRICT 31 (Anne Arundel DISTRICT 31 (Anne Arundel) County) Bryan W. Simonaire (R) + / + DISTRICT 31A (Anne Arundel Don H. Dwyer, Jr. (R) + / + County) Nicholaus R. Kipke (R) + / + Steven R. Schuh (R) + / + DISTRICT 31B (Anne Arundel County) (R) VERY STRONG

DISTRICT 32 (Anne Arundel DISTRICT 32 (Anne Arundel) County) James E. DeGrange, Sr. (D) + / + Larry Barber (R) VERY STRONG Pamela G. Beidle (D) - / - Mark Chang (D) VERY STRONG Mary Ann Love (D) - / - Theodore J. Sophocleus (D) + / +

DISTRICT 33 (Anne Arundel DISTRICT 33 (Anne Arundel) County) Edward R. Reilly (R) + / + DISTRICT 33A (Anne Arundel) Tony McConkey (R) VERY STRONG Tony McConkey (R) + / + Nora Keenan (R) VERY STRONG Cathleen M. Vitale (R) + / + DISTRICT 33B (Anne Arundel) Robert A. Costa (R) + / -

DISTRICT 34 (Harford County) DISTRICT 34 (Cecil & Harford ) Bob Cassilly (R) VERY STRONG Nancy Jacobs (R) + / + DISTRICT 34A (Harford County) DISTRICT 34A (Cecil & Harford) (R) + / + Mary-Dulany James (D) + / + DISTRICT 34B (Harford County) DISTRICT 34B (Cecil County) David D. Rudolph (D) Absent (+) / +

DISTRICT 35 (Cecil & Harford) DISTRICT 35 (Harford County) Barry Glassman (R) + / + DISTRICT 35A (Cecil County) DISTRICT 35A (Harford County) H. Wayne Norman, Jr. (R) + / + Donna Stifler (R) + / + DISTRICT 35B (Cecil & Harford) DISTRICT 35B (Harford County) Jason Gallion (R) VERY STRONG Susan K. McComas (R) + / +

DISTRICT 36 (Caroline, Cecil, Kent DISTRICT 36 (Caroline, Cecil, Kent & Queen & Queen Anne's) Anne's) E. J. Pipkin (R) – resigned /Stephen + / + Hershey Richard Sossi (R) VERY STRONG Stephen S. Hershey, Jr. (R) – took Senate + / + Seat / Steven J. Arentz Jay A. Jacobs (R) + / + Michael D. Smigiel, Sr. (R) + / +

DISTRICT 37 (Caroline, DISTRICT 37 (Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico) & Wicomico) Richard F. Colburn (R) + / + DISTRICT 37A (Dorchester & DISTRICT 37A (Dorchester & Wicomico) Wicomico) Rudolph C. Cane (D) + / - DISTRICT 37B (Caroline, DISTRICT 37B (Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico ) Dorchester, Talbot & Wicomico) Adelaide C. Eckardt (R) – running for Senate + / + Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio (R) – running for + / + LtGov

DISTRICT 38 (Somerset, Wicomico DISTRICT 38 (Somerset, Wicomico & & Worcester) Worcester) James N. Mathias, Jr. (D) + / + DISTRICT 38A (Somerset & DISTRICT 38A (Somerset & Wicomico) Worcester) Charles J. Otto (R) + / + DISTRICT 38B (Wicomico) DISTRICT 38B (Wicomico & Worcester) Norman H. Conway (D) + / + DISTRICT 38C (Wicomico & Michael A. McDermott (R) + / + Worcester)

DISTRICT 39 (Montgomery DISTRICT 39 (Montgomery) County) Nancy J. King (D) - / - Charles E. Barkley (D) - / - (D) - / - A. Shane Robinson (D) - / -

DISTRICT 40 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 40 (Baltimore City) Catherine E. Pugh (D) - / - Frank M. Conaway, Jr. (D) - / - Barbara A. Robinson (D) - / - Shawn Z. Tarrant (D) - / -

DISTRICT 41 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 41 (Baltimore City) Lisa A. Gladden (D) - / - Jill P. Carter (D) - / - Nathaniel T. Oaks (D) - / - Samuel I. Rosenberg (D) - / -

DISTRICT 42 (Baltimore County) DISTRICT 42 (Baltimore County) (D) - / - DISTRICT 42A (Baltimore County) William J. Frank (R) + / Absent DISTRICT 42B (Baltimore County) (pick 2) Stephen W. Lafferty (D) - / - Joseph C. Boteler, III (R) VERY STRONG Susan Aumann (R) VERY STRONG Susan L. M. Aumann (R) + / +

DISTRICT 43 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 43 (Baltimore City) (D) - / - Curtis S. (Curt) Anderson (D) - / - Maggie McIntosh (D) - / - Mary L. Washington (D) - / -

DISTRICT 44 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 44 (Baltimore City) Verna L. Jones-Rodwell (D) - / - DISTRICT 44A (Baltimore City) Keith E. Haynes (D) - / - Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr. (D) - / - DISTRICT 44B (Baltimore County) Melvin L. Stukes (D) + / -

DISTRICT 45 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 45 (Baltimore City) Nathaniel J. McFadden (D) - / - (D) + / - Cheryl D. Glenn (D) + / - Hattie N. Harrison (D) – died / Nina Harper - / Absent

DISTRICT 46 (Baltimore City) DISTRICT 46 (Baltimore City) William C. Ferguson IV (D) - / - Roger D. Bedingfield (R) VERY STRONG (D) - / - Mateen Rasul Zar GOOD Peter A. Hammen (D) - / - Brian K. McHale (D) - / -

DISTRICT 47 (Prince George's DISTRICT 47 (Prince George's) County) Victor R. Ramirez (D) - / - DISTRICT 47A (Prince George's) Jolene Ivey (D) – running for LtGov - / - Doyle L. Niemann (D) - / - DISTRICT 47B (Prince George's) Michael G. Summers (D) - / -

County Council / Commissioner Races

PMM Endorsed Candidates Support for (2014 District) Marriage & Values Anne Arundel 001 Bill Heine (R) STRONG Anne Arundel 003 Theresa Martin (D) STRONG Anne Arundel 004 Chike Anyanwu (R) STRONG Anne Arundel 005 David Whitney (D) STRONG

Baltimore County 002 Rudy Stoler (R) GOOD

Caroline At-Large Robert Thayer (R) STRONG

Carroll 002 Brian K. DiMaggio (R) STRONG William Niner (R) STRONG

Carroll 005 Cathey Allison (R) STRONG

Frederick At-Large (pick 2) Jennifer Charlton STRONG Dick Johnson STRONG Bud Otis STRONG

Frederick 005 Kirby Delauter STRONG

Prince George’s 006 Kenn Blanchard GOOD

Prince George’s 007 G. Falls GOOD

Washington County At-Large LeRoy Myers STRONG

Worcester 004 Ted Elder STRONG

National Races (U.S. Congress)

PMM Endorsed Support for Incumbent on Marriage/ENDA Candidates Marriage & (“+” is Good, “- “ is (2014 District) Values Incumbent (2010 District) Bad)

U.S. Congress U.S. Congress CD-2 CD-2 Blaine Taylor (D) VERY Dutch Ruppersburger - / - STRONG

U.S. Congress U.S. Congress CD-3 CD-3 Michael Jackson VERY Jon Sarbanes - / - (R) STRONG

U.S. Congress U.S. Congress CD-7 CD-7 Corrogan VERY Elijah Cummings - / - Vaughn (R) STRONG

*It is also evident that many candidates are unaware of Ex-gays, or people who have left the homosexual lifestyle. People like this are evidence that the oft-repeated theory that people are “born gay” is a lie. Furthermore, Ex-gays have been discriminated against and in certain areas prohibited from informing people that there is a way to overcome unwanted same-sex attraction. Similarly, sexual orientation conversion/reparative therapy has been proven successful in many cases, enabling people to leave the homosexual lifestyle. California and New Jersey have made such therapy illegal to seek, and counselors can be fined or otherwise punished by law if they attempt to help anyone struggling to overcome homosexual urges that are interfering with their happiness and productivity. Every person is different and responds to temptation, addiction, and psychological urges differently. Since it is completely true that people have left the homosexual lifestyle, it is also true that homosexuality is not an immutable trait, like skin color. Therefore, all efforts to equate LGBTQIA rights to the Civil Rights struggle for Black Americans are based in falsehood, and do not deserve protection by our laws. We hope that aspiring lawmakers (as well as those seeking executive and judicial offices) will research and study the information behind this, as our own lack of information has caused many defenders of marriage to conclude we must give marriage-like equivalents (e.g. Civil Unions) to homosexuals.