Answers to Your Questions!

Hello everyone and happy Friday! It's time once again for us to answer your questions from earlier this week. Here are our answers:

What does Robin Carnahan plan to do about Missouri's efforts to block federal healthcare reform legislation?

                                                           --Kailey Burger, St.Louis

 . One great thing about Carnahan's view on healthcare is that she believes it is not a partisan issue because it affects all Missouri families no matter what their political affiliations may be. When the bill was first being discussed Carnahan acknowledged that it was far from perfect but "allowing insurance companies to continue to arbitrarily jack up premiums and deny coverage to Missouri families was not an option." 

  That being said, Carnahan is still focused on what is best for Missouri families. She wants to make sure that healthcare is accessible, affordable and stable. She will continue to fight for you to make sure insurance companies can't deny coverage based on preexisting conditions and that they can't jack up your premiums just because they feel like it. 

What is Carnahan's stand on gay marriage?

                                                            -- Jeremy Smith, Kansas City

   Carnahan has never supported the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Although she may not support gay marriage she does support the idea of civil unions in the state of Missouri. Carnahan says that she believes marriage has religious implications, but that she supports the idea of civil unions in the state of Missouri because she thinks "fundamentally we want to provide protections under the law."

  She says that her personal belief may be that marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman but that the federal government shouldn't be the one that decides that. There should be no amendment in the U.S. Constitution that dictates whether gay marriage is right or wrong.  

 We hope that by answering your questions we are making it easier for you to make the right choice in November by voting for Robin Carnahan. If you still aren't convinced, although we can't imagine why you aren't, please ask us more questions! 

Have a great weekend and remember that a vote for Robin Carnahan is a vote for Missouri families!