MILLS, BRETT

Meet the Candidate

Running For:
State House of Representatives
District:
23
Political Affiliation:
Republican

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. SO* Public schools are not currently giving society the best bang for the buck in education.
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. SS*
3. Parents should be allowed to homeschool their children without additional state regulation SS* Parents should be free to choose how their children are educated and if they should choose homeschooling, they should be allowed to do that without a lot of added government red tape.
4. Curricula based on Critical Race Theory (CRT) should be prohibited in Montana public schools SS* CRT should be banned and defunded.
5. Comprehensive sex education should be taught in public elementary schools, beginning as early as kindergarten. SO* Sex education is a parental responsibility.
6. Montana’s income taxes are too high. SS
7. Montana’s property taxes are too high SS
8. Montana’s corporate taxes are too high SS* The Montana government has a spending problem that needs to be strongly addressed and diminished.
9. The Second Amendment protects the right of law-abiding citizens to own firearms for self-defense. SS
10. Montanans should not be discriminated against or treated differently based on their vaccination status. SS* On both accounts, the government has overstepped its bounds.
11. Climate change is a serious problem that requires increased government regulation. SO
12. Environmental regulations in Montana are currently too restrictive. SS* I have serious doubts about the claimed levels of anthropogenic climate change. If anything, it's already overfunded. Current environmental regulations are, in my opinion, unnecessarily restrictive to a degree that is hampering economic development.
13. Abortion should be illegal at all stages of pregnancy. SS* Life begins at conception. Period! Abortion should be banned.
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. SO
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. SS
17. Physician-assisted suicide should be legal in Montana. SO*
18. Biological males who identify as transgender should be allowed to compete in women’s and girl's athletic competitions. SO
19. Medical procedures intended to change a minor’s sex or gender should be prohibited. SS* On the subject of homosexual parenting, I do believe this is deleterious to the human race. The ability to conceive a child is a God-given blessing between a man and a woman. Defined, a man is the male (XY) and a woman is the female (XX) of the species homosapien.
20. Same-sex couples should be permitted to adopt children. SO
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. SO* Boys are boys and girls are girls. While I do agree that people should not be discriminated against based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the same manner as race, religion, or national origin, I do not believe in granting extra rights to anyone. Human rights and civil rights are afforded to everyone. I have trouble reconciling the terminology "gay rights" as though somehow a person's sexual orientation is supposed to afford extra rights. It is illogical.
22. Montana’s marriage laws should be revised to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. SO
23. Objective moral truths exist and should inform laws and public policy, rather than shifting cultural preferences. SS
24. Government should be limited in scope, with most decisions best made by individuals, families, and local communities rather than centralized authorities. SS
25. Homosexuals and transgender people should be allowed to adopt children: SO
26. Personal responsibility and self-governance are more effective at solving social problems than expanded government programs: SS
27. Parents—not government institutions—are the primary authority responsible for the education and moral formation of their children: SS