Stonewall DFL Screening Questions

for 2001 City Council Candidates

Yes/No Questions:

1. If endorsed, would you list the Caucus' endorsement along with your other

endorsements?

2. Are you willing to make a commitment NOT to run against a DFL-endorsed

candidate?

3. Are you in favor of a women's right to control her own reproductive system,

including the right to have an abortion?

4. Do you support extending health insurance, pension benefits, sick and

bereavement pay to unmarried partners of city employees as currently afforded

married heterosexuals?

5. Do you support City funding for the Minnesota AIDS Project and the Aliveness

Project?

6. Are you opposed to measures like the Minnesota Defense of Marriage Act?

Questions Requiring Longer Answers

7. What is your definition of family?

8. How do you define homophobia?

9. How would you promote better relations between the Police Department and the

GLBT community?

10. What experience have you had with Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT)

issues and why are they important to you?

11. If elected, what do you propose to do to address the lack of affordable

housing in the Twin Cities?