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Medical Marijuana
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Zoos
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1ABORTION - SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL?

2ACLU - IS THE ACLU GOOD FOR AMERICA?

3ALTERNATIVE ENERGY VS. FOSSIL FUELS - CAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EFFECTIVELY REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS?

4ANIMAL TESTING- SHOULD ANIMALS BE USED FOR SCIENTIFIC OR COMMERCIAL TESTING?

5BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD PARENTS OR OTHER ADULTS BE ABLE TO BAN BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES?

6BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT?

7BINGE-WATCHING - IS BINGE-WATCHING GOOD FOR YOU?
HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medical Marijuana
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Vaping E-Cigarettes
Vaccines for Kids
Milk - Is It Healthy?
OTC Birth Control
Abortion
Vegetarianism
Obesity a Disease?
Obamacare
Right to Health Care
Prescription Drug Ads

8BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH?

9BOTTLED WATER BAN - SHOULD BOTTLED WATER BE BANNED?

10CELL PHONE RADIATION - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE?

11CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT?

12CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

13COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?
EDUCATION

School Uniforms
Standardized Tests
Tablets vs. Textbooks
College Education Worth It?
Teacher Tenure
Student Loan Debt
School Vouchers
Corporal Punishment
Banned Books
Homework
Free College

14COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM?

15CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN?

16CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - SHOULD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BE USED IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

17CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS?

18CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA?

19DACA & DREAMERS - ARE DACA (DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS) AND THE DREAM ACT GOOD FOR AMERICA?

20DAKOTA PIPELINE - SHOULD THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE BE COMPLETED?

21D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)?

22DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
POLITICS

Death Penalty
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Illegal Immigration
Gun Control
Recreational Marijuana
Mandatory National Service
ACLU - Good for America?
Concealed Handguns
Sanctuary Cities
Under God in the Pledge
DACA & Dreamers
Family Separation at Border
Dakota Pipeline

23DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED?

24DRINKING AGE - SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED FROM 21 TO A YOUNGER AGE?

25DRONE STRIKES OVERSEAS - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD?

26DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS?

27EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL?

28ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Animal Testing
Cell Phone Radiation?
Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Net Neutrality
Police Body Cameras
Bottled Water Ban
Zoos

29FAMILY SEPARATION AT BORDER - WAS THE UNITED STATES JUSTIFIED IN ITS POLICY OF FAMILY SEPARATION AT TEH US-MEXICO BORDER?

30FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

31FIGHTING IN H0CKEY - SHOULD FIGHTING BE ALLOWED IN HOCKEY?

32FREE COLLEGE - SHOULD PUBLIC COLLEGE BE TUITION-FREE?

33GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

34GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD?

35GOLF - IS IT A SPORT?

36GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED?

37HOMEWORK - IS HOMEWORK BENEFICIAL?
ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

Felon Voting
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Voting Machines
2016 Presidential Election
Electoral College
Lowering the Voting Age to 16
Trump Cabinet

38ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA?

39INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED?

40ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?

41MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES HAVE MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE?

42MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION?

43MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS?

44MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED?

45NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS - IS REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROTEST?

46NET NEUTRALITY - SHOULD NET NEUTRALITY BE RESTORED?

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Taiwan Becomes First in Asia to Legalize Gay Marriage
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