Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Along with all other Senate and House Republicans, Hice voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Abortion Hice opposes abortion. He has said that supporters of abortion rights are worse than Adolf Hitler. Hice believes that life begins at fertilization or cloning. He opposes family planning assistance that includes abortion. U.S. Capitol Police In June 2021, Hice was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Foreign policy In 2021, during a House vote on a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état that overwhelmingly passed, Hice was one of 14 Republican representatives to vote against it, for reasons reported to be unclear. In July 2021, Hice voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House 407–16. Hice was one of 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. In February 2022, Hice co-sponsored the Secure America's Borders First Act, which would prohibit the expenditure or obligation of military and security assistance to Kyiv over the U.S. border with Mexico. Interest group ratings Hice has a "D" rating from pro-marijuana legalization group NORML for his voting history regarding cannabis-related issues. LGBT rights Hice opposes same-sex marriage. According to Right Wing Watch, he compared homosexuality to alcoholism and opposed a ban on conversion therapy. In a 2012 book, Hice wrote that gay people were plotting to recruit and sodomize children, citing as proof an essay by gay writer Michael Swift that he took out of context. In 2015, Hice cosponsored a resolution to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Hice condemned the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution. He has compared gay relationships to incest and bestiality. Religious issues Hice was a leading supporter of the public display of the Ten Commandments in government buildings; he founded Ten Commandments Georgia, Inc., a group advocating for the display of the Ten Commandments in every Georgia county courthouse. Hice began the initiative as a pastor, waging a fight against the