MILLER KARCHER, TRACEY

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
State House of Representatives
District:
37
Political Affiliation:
Democrat

Survey

Response Legend

  • SSStrongly Supports
  • SSupports
  • OOpposes
  • SOStrongly Opposes
  • *Comment
  • −Declined to respond
  • †Declined to respond, Position based on citation

Question Response Comments/Notes
1. Public School Funding in Montana is at an inadequate level. S
2. Parents should have greater freedom to choose how and where their children are educated, including options such as education savings accounts, tax credits, vouchers, or other school-choice mechanisms. S
3. Parents should be allowed to homeschool their children without additional state regulation S
4. Curricula based on Critical Race Theory (CRT) should be prohibited in Montana public schools O
5. Comprehensive sex education should be taught in public elementary schools, beginning as early as kindergarten. O
6. Montana’s income taxes are too high. O
7. Montana’s property taxes are too high S
8. Montana’s corporate taxes are too high SO
9. The Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms for self-defense. S
10. Montanans should not be discriminated against or treated differently based on their vaccination status. S
11. Climate change is a serious problem that requires increased government regulation. O* Climate change is a serious problem, and our environmental regulations are only to restrictive for corporations that want to loosen these protections of our environment.
12. Environmental regulations in Montana are currently too restrictive. O
13. Abortion should be illegal at all stages of pregnancy. O* I am pro-life. Abortion should always be discouraged if not medically warranted with education and information relative to the issue. It must be admitted that severe social and cultural reasons may also exist, and must be considered as well when considering such a heartbreaking option. I am also pro-choice. Abortion is a medical procedure that should be decided and informed only by the parent/physician relationship. It should not be illegal. Making abortion illegal often causes doctors to hesitate in cases of miscarriage, medically needed, and emergency abortion procedures. Making abortion illegal causes undue hardship on the patient, and may cause serious illness, injury, or death if a medically needed or emergency abortion is delayed.
14. Abortion should be legal only in the early stages of pregnancy and restricted after a specific point, except when necessary to save the life of the mother. S
15. Abortion should remain legal at all stages of pregnancy, without restriction. SO
16. Individuals and organizations should be allowed to opt out of abortion-related mandates, if those mandates violate their religious or moral convictions. O* Religious and moral conviction, as in the cases of withholding medical care of a child, religion should not play a role in the medical treatment of a pregnancy that threatens the life of the mother. For instance, a hospital owned and funded by the Roman Catholic Church should not be able to refuse to treat a mother in need of an emergency abortion. Just one potential example.
17. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal in Montana. S* Physician-assisted suicide is already legal in Montana and I don't see any reason to change that law at this time.
18. Biological males who identify as transgender should be allowed to compete in women’s and girl's athletic competitions. S* We do not live in a Theocracy. We live in the United States of America, where the right to privacy and the equality of all who live here are written into our constitution. Medical procedures intended to change a minor’s sex or gender is a very complicated issue and either/or does not apply here. The question was geared towards the transition of children into the opposite gender. While I may not agree with allowing children to make that decision, any and all medical procedures fall under the privacy of decisions made between the parents, patient, and their doctor. It is well known that some children are born physically Inter-sexed, and require surgical intervention early to prevent problems later on. Banning the practice has the potential of causing great harm to a child with a sexual birth defect. While not every decision is the "correct" one, that decision should be between the parents the child, and their physician. If a biological male wants to dress as a woman, it doesn't harm anyone in my opinion. After all, I dress like a man in blue jeans and flannel work shirts all the time. However, even a male transitioning has an unfair physical advantage over females and should not be able to compete at the same level as the women.
19. Medical procedures intended to change a minor’s sex or gender should be prohibited. O
20. Same-sex couples should be permitted to adopt children. S* Being the same gender does not disqualify any person from being a good and caring parent.
21. State and local nondiscrimination laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the same manner as race, religion, and national origin. S
22. Montana’s marriage laws should be revised to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. S* I have no problem at all with the marriage of two individuals that want to share a home, finances, and possibly children. Gender roles of "husbands" and "wives" are changing. A marriage license is a legal document between two people to protect both people and their children in the case of divorce. It has absolutely nothing to do with the religious vows given and agreed to if the couple desire to honor their faith tradition. This is why we have two separate documents, the marriage license issued by the state, and the marriage certificate issued by the Church or religious organization. As a single mom and full time worker, I often wish for a "wife!"
23. Objective moral truths exist and should inform laws and public policy, rather than shifting cultural preferences. O* "Objective moral truths exist and should inform laws and public policy, rather than shifting cultural preferences." This question is an open ended trap. The Afghanistan Taliban would agree strongly with this statement! All law is written based on the ethic, "Do unto others as you would have then do unto you." This "moral" code predates Christianity by many years and reflects the philosophy of "the greater good." The Puritans of New England had their own moral truths based on scripture, and by law would put people in stocks in the middle of the community to be humiliated and spat on. The Puritans wrote laws that punished other Christian sect members such as Quakers, and Baptists. Only church members had the right to vote or hold public office, women and men had to dress a certain way, speak a certain way, behave a certain way, and were required to attend sabbath services. If any of these laws were broken, people were jailed, punished by whipping, had their ears cropped, and were sometimes executed. I strongly prefer secular law based on the philosophy of the "greater good," than any law that might be imposed by a particular "Moral code."
24. Government should be limited in scope, with most decisions best made by individuals, families, and local communities rather than centralized authorities. S
25. Homosexuals and transgender people should be allowed to adopt children: S
26. Personal responsibility and self-governance are more effective at solving social problems than expanded government programs: S
27. Parents—not government institutions—are the primary authority responsible for the education and moral formation of their children: S