3月31日LY通过网络和加州AD28区州众议员共和党候选人Chuck Page进行了一次访谈，通过访谈给广大网友提供了一个全面了解Chuck Page的机会。
4月17日LY再次网络访谈同为AD28区的另一位州众议员民主党候选人Barry Chang(张昭富)，你可以<a href="http://www.chineseamerican.org/a/748" target="_blank">点击这里</a>阅读和Barry Chang的访谈。
访谈录中的LY是湾区一名学者Li Yu，他在基本人权和华人关心的问题上有深入的思考和积极的行动。由于访谈录篇幅较长，我们将分几次登出。下面是Chuck Page访谈录的第二部分。
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Section 3: on LGBT rights.
Chuck
I believe that LGBT, like everyone else, has the same rights. I do not think that the government should be in the marriage business. The government should provide civil unions so that if one individual chose another to be their legal heir or beneficiary, the government should allow it. Marriage is a commitment or promise made between 2 people, their family, friends and their God.
I don't feel that children or young adults should be able to choose which bathroom they can go in. That will lead to problems when someone takes advantage of the law for bad purposes. Those specific cases should be handled in a professional manner on a one-on-one basis. There has already been a situation where an adult with male organs walked around in a girls locker room naked because he believes he is a woman in a man’s body. Ok, I understand that there are all kinds of confusions in the world, but that individual also has to respect the rights and personal space of all of the young girls who are in the locker room.
Several years ago, our state legislators passed a law saying that the history books should be changed so that students would know which leaders in history were gay. I disagree. A leader is a leader because they are a leader, not because of their sexual preference.
People can express their personal sexual orientations (within the law). I don't think that the history books should be changed to identify who had what sexual orientation. Does a 3rd grader really need to know that some leader was gay or straight or neither?
Or, rather than spending an additional $250,000 per school to add that bathroom, make arrangement for student to use faculty bathroom or something. I suspect that there aren't really that many cases of gender confusion to require every school to do something other than make accommodations available.
When need is identified.
Section 4: “wrong law”, party super-majority or party-line voting, choosing “Independence” or “Sacrifice for Discipline”?
*** “Wrong Law” ***
Chuck
I wasn't there, but those who voted for it (“bathroom law”) should tell us why. I feel yah most every law is well intentioned. However, if only one point of view is considered, then only one way of solving the problem will be delivered, especially if any one group feels they have the power to always win. Every problem has at least 2 sides, often many more. I don't think that the legislators that voted for the bathroom bill considered the alternatives, nor did they consider how others would be hurt or what the ramifications will be. I always work to consider all sides of a issue - that's my job once I got elected. I am a problem solver - and the solution is not always the most popular one.
Bathroom law, for example - I would seek to provide that principals or super indents have to make individual case decisions on what bathroom facilities a gender-questioning youth should use. Not a one-size-fits-all solution.
LY
If you don't like a law and believe it is wrong, you should seek to overturn it. This means that you actually agreeing with the party and like to close this "special circumstance" because your respect for life.
Chuck
My understanding is that "wrong" or "right" is subjective more or less. To abolish is one way, or the alternative is to find a constructive solution to amend it. Or before that "wrong" law ever becomes a law, try to steer into a more "reasonable" solution.
This is what I know - if a law is wrong in your mind, but right in someone else's, I will need to understand the other views of it as best I can before either eliminating it or modifying it. Sometimes the law will fit only a specific situation. I work to have it only apply to that specific situation.
Yes, after knowing as much as possible, it becomes clearer how to vote and what changes can be made to make the law work. Or sometimes, the truth becomes self-evident and the law can be abolished.
Reasonable people with respect for each other, combined with a thoughtful approach, not just foot-stomping or fist-pounding, gets good results and ultimately beings people together. We need a lot of coming together, no more creating divisiveness & division.
*** Party Line ***
Chuck
Party line voting if based on values is ok. It's wrong if the vote happens along party lines because you're told to do so. Someone with no life or job experience would probably only vote along party lines because they are told to do so and don't have any reason not to. I like to stand up for values ethics and principles - and sometimes that doesn't coincide with party philosophies. I've done that at Santa Clara Republican Committee before. (Ended up that the majority saw it like I - and others - did when final vote was taken)
LY
Do you think it is an important character to have discipline and follow party majority/leader? Or more important to be independent minded even if it means unpopular and "political suicide"?
Chuck
Anyone can pound their fist on an issue - hardly ever results in a solution. Political suicide just to make a view sound important or different also has little likelihood of resolving anything. Respect, honesty, integrity and values are the key.
If the Republican Party, the party that fought to abolish slavery, fought for former slaves to become citizens and get the right to vote ever fought FOR SCA 5, then I would not be a member of that party.
Voting on party line is becoming a norm and that is poisoning the system of democracy.
Several years ago I made a promise to myself. I swore that I would never vote for someone whose signs read "xxx Democrat for YYY" or ..."...Republican for ..." Because I felt that person was putting their party ahead of the people that they represent.
LY
Let me clarify. Chuck, say we elect you to hope that you vote with party line so that “bad” bills from democrats cannot pass. But you obviously are more independent minded, so even if we break the democrats super majority, you could still vote across the aisle and enable them to pass laws we don't like. Is it true?
Chuck
If a bill comes through that is good for all of us, and there seems to be no good reason to oppose other than because it came from the other party, then it may be very good to vote for it. In fact, if there was a good bill and all agreed that it was, I would work to NOT have a party line fight - and get more of is to vote for it. Then, when a good bill came up from the Republican side, folks on the other side of the aisle would have a much better chance of voting for the bill because of its merits and not against it just because it was a REP bill
Bad bill - vote no. Good bill - vote yes. Before voting in either case - review all of the ramifications an ensure that it really is a good bill
a Rep senator voted for a budget when the entire rest of Reps did not. I asked him why? He said that they were arguing over 50K in a 50B budget. It made no sense to keep saying no just to say that there was no budget agreement and make majority party look bad. Passed the budget and got to work on GOOD bills.
If the party will survive or fail based in one Assembly vote, that party is way beyond help.
Before term limits, you didn't see this party bickering to this extent. I don't believe that the elected in DC or Sac should be so focused on what party wins, they should be focused on how many Americans /Californians are succeeding.
Yes, People & solving problems first. When we think of party, our first thought should be "who is bringing what food"!
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