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ADDRESS CITY STATE AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ZIP THE 1975 Texas Civil Liberties Union VOTING INDEX on the Texas House of Representatives ave r THE QUESTION: Should Texas obey the U.S. Supreme Court decision on prayer in the public schools? TCLU says YES. One hundred twelve members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Reapportionment THE QUESTION: Should legislative districts be compact, contiguous, and drawn in such a way to assure that minority groups receive fair representation? TCLU says YES. Ninety members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Juveniles THE QUESTION: Are juveniles and mental patients entitled to due process, equal protection, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment? TCLU says YES. Seventy members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Homosexuality THE QUESTION: Should consensual homosexual activity between adults be decriminalized? TCLU says YES. One hundred twelve members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Corrections THE QUESTION: Should local communities be allowed to create their own community based correctional facilities rather than sending all persons who are convicted of felonies to the large state correctional facilities? TCLU says YES. Sixty-four members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Delegates THE QUESTION: If the state is going to tell political parties how delegates will be selected for the presidential nominating conventions, should the system chosen reflect fairly the divisions of opinion in each party? TCLU says YES. Eightyfour members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. rivacy THE QUESTION: Should Texas have a constitutional right to privacy? TCLU says YES. Seventy-seven members of the House of Representatives say NO. Guns THE QUESTION: Should there be control of the sale of handguns? TCLU says YES. Seventy-nine members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Education THE QUESTION: Should there be an unequivocal right to an equal educational opportunity? TCLU says YES. Ninety-eight members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Misdemeanors THE QUESTION: Should persons who are arrested for crimes which carry no jail time on conviction \(Class C citation rather than being locked up until a judge decides that it is convenient to appear? TCLU says YES. Eighty-six members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Confessions THE QUESTION: Should the state be prohibited from introducing oral confessions by juveniles into court proceedings? TCLU says YES. Seventy-six members of the Texas House of Representatives say NO. Abortions THE QUESTION: Should poor women who qualify for Medicaid benefits be allowed to use those benefits to obtain an abortion? TCLU says YES. Ninety-eight members of the House of Representatives say NO. I want to know how my representative voted. Please send me a copy of the voting index. Enclosed is $1.00. Enclosed is a check for $ for membership in the American Civil Liberties Union. Please send me a free copy of the voting index. Make your check payable to: $5 Limited Income Member TEXAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION $15 Basic Membership 600 West 7th Street $25 Basic Joint Membership PLEASE PRINT Austin, Texas 78701 $50 Sustaining Membership NAME