Most lobbyists today are
a. citizens crusading for a cause.
b. skilled professionals for whom lobbying is a career.
c. active members of the group they represent.
d. generous hosts who lavish food, drink, and gifts on legislators.
Q. 2What act allowed an exception to the Full Faith and Credit Clause and provided a definition of marriage according to federal law?
a. Defense of Marriage Act
b. Family Preservation Act
c. Freedom to Choose Act
d. Marriage Protection Act
Q. 3The technique of a group representative meeting with individual legislators is called
a. lobbying.
b. litigation.
c. direct democracy.
d. targeting..
Q. 4What have leaders of anti-same-sex marriage groups advanced as their primary argument?
a. Homosexuality is immoral.
b. Same-sex marriage is similar to abortion.
c. Heterosexual and same-sex couples should not live in the same neighborhoods.
d. Same-sex marriage threatens the institution of heterosexual marriage.
Q. 5The California Abortion Rights Action League is an example of
a. a public interest group.
b. a Democratic affiliate.
c. a single issue group.
d. an umbrella organization.
Q. 6In 1873, the federal government passed the Comstock Act, which made
a. birth control illegal in the United States.
b. physician-assisted suicide illegal in the United States.
c. abortion illegal in the United States.
d. under-aged drinking illegal in the United States.
Q. 7The Sierra Club is an example of
a. an umbrella organization.
b. a Republican party affiliate.
c. a single issue group.
d. a public interest group.
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