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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	God-given right to life from fertilization to natural death: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Recognize the personhood of all unborn children: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Principles in Declaration of Independence prohibit abortion: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Embryonic stem cell research experiments with human life: Opposes topic 1 Constitutional amendment defining life from conception: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Preamble to Constitution includes our unborn posterity: Opposes topic 1 Nominate only judges who refuse to legislate from the bench: Opposes topic 1 Save “snowflake babies”: no experiments on frozen embryos: Opposes topic 1 No tax funding for organizations that promote abortion: Opposes topic 1 Do everything to overthrow Roe vs. Wade to acknowledge God: Strongly Opposes topic 1 God’s choice: “Just Say No” to abortion: Opposes topic 1 Abortion is unjust and immoral.: Opposes topic 1 Mothers have no right to take a fetus’ life.: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Abortion issue epitomizes corruption of freedom: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+2 points on Economic scale)	Income tax exemptions for descendants of black slaves: Strongly Favors topic 2 We cannot cure a past injustice with another injustice: Opposes topic 2 Preferential affirmative action patronizes blacks & women: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Preferential treatments are wrong and unjust.: Opposes topic 2 Preferential affirmative action is patronizing.: Opposes topic 2 Affirmative action turns back the clock: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Federal Marriage Amendment to define the natural family: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposes “hate crimes” legislation: Opposes topic 3 Schools forfeit funds if they expose kids to gay propaganda: Opposes topic 3 Respect God-given institution of the natural family: Opposes topic 3 No “sexual orientation” in Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Opposes topic 3 Gay marriage invalid because gay couples cannot reproduce: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Wrong to treat sexual behavior like race: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Marriage exists for the sake of procreation: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Massachusetts gay marriage required judges legislating: Strongly Opposes topic 3 We need a constitutional amendment to stop gay marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay sex is selfish hedonism: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay marriage destroys fundamental moral institutions: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Oppose gay agenda in military & marriage laws: Opposes topic 3 Against homosexual marriage.: Opposes topic 3 Against treating sexual orientation as a civil right.: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Gay rights aren’t like racial rights, because it’s behavior: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	‘Separation of church & state‘ misinterprets Constitution: Favors topic 4 Impeach judges for barring legislature prayers to Jesus: Favors topic 4 Present scientific facts that support creationism: Favors topic 4 Disallow lawsuits that stop public officials invoking God: Strongly Favors topic 4 Ok if church identifies candidates who favor its principles: Favors topic 4 Protect military chaplains’ right to pray in preferred faith: Favors topic 4 Allow Christian symbols in national war memorials: Favors topic 4 No Fairness Doctrine: no equal time if morally objectionable: Favors topic 4 Protect religion from the state, but not vice versa: Strongly Favors topic 4 Can’t address budget deficit until we address moral deficit: Favors topic 4 Ten Commandments & prayer should be in schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Volunteer for community service; not via government funding: Strongly Favors topic 4 Shift welfare from government to the faith sector: Strongly Favors topic 4 We allowed the judges to drive God out of our schools: Strongly Favors topic 4 Prohibiting school prayer is symptom of deeper problem: Strongly Favors topic 4 Let God into schools to keep Columbine shooters out: Strongly Favors topic 4 The Constitution does not forbid prayer in schools.: Strongly Favors topic 4 We need prayer in schools and by educators.: Strongly Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	Consumer in charge; no government-controlled health care: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Oppose mandated health insurance and universal coverage: Strongly Opposes topic 5 People should take care of their own health: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Health care choice will save money for long-term health care: Opposes topic 5 Patient rights & HMO rights are not federal responsibility: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Let market determine health payments, not bureaucrats: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Universal health ID’s are a threat to liberty: Opposes topic 5
Strongly Favors topic 6: Privatize Social Security (+5 points on Economic scale)	Keep promises but give choice of market investments: Strongly Favors topic 6 Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one’s future: Favors topic 6 Keep promises but give future choice: Strongly Favors topic 6 Supports privatization & Lock-box: Strongly Favors topic 6 Let people who earn their money invest their own money: Favors topic 6
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Parents & local citizens know better than educrat masters: Strongly Favors topic 7 Empower parents to choose schools that reflect their values: Strongly Favors topic 7 Break up the government monopoly on public education: Strongly Favors topic 7 Replace the Department of Education with parental control: Strongly Favors topic 7 Pro-voucher; gov’t out of K-12 education: Strongly Favors topic 7 Money should follow parents’ education choices: Favors topic 7 Empower parents against the monopoly of public schools.: Strongly Favors topic 7 Tax-credited programs for Christian schooling: Strongly Favors topic 7
Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-3 points on Social scale)	Need to develop proper alternative fuels: Opposes topic 8 Explore & exploit ANWR, while respecting ecology: Strongly Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Death penalty sometimes essential to respect for life: Strongly Favors topic 9 Death penalty is about universal justice: Strongly Favors topic 9 Enforcement should target criminals, not social conditions: Strongly Favors topic 9 No conflict between pro life and pro death penalty stances: Favors topic 9 Sentencing gang members to death sends strong social message: Strongly Favors topic 9 Don’t lower age of adult criminal prosecutions: Opposes topic 9 Without death penalty for murder, we disregard life: Strongly Favors topic 9 Stricter penalties; truth in sentencing: Strongly Favors topic 9 Violence in schools due to loss of moral heritage: Favors topic 9 Supports capital punishment.: Favors topic 9 External violence results from internal lawlessness: Neutral on topic 9 Capital punishment is necessary to show respect for life: Favors topic 9
Strongly Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+5 points on Economic scale)	Fiercely defend the Second Amendment: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun control agenda mistrusts ordinary citizens: Strongly Favors topic 10 Fundamental DUTY of free citizens to keep & bear arms: Strongly Favors topic 10 Gun control mentality means crooks have all the guns: Strongly Favors topic 10 Columbine killers lacked moral development - not gun laws: Favors topic 10 Against banning guns since that won’t end violence.: Favors topic 10 Supports right to bear arms for all types and uses of guns.: Strongly Favors topic 10 No bans on legal firearms; allow concealed carry: Strongly Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Repeal the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments: Strongly Opposes topic 11 FairTax turns off spigot that funds political ambitions: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax with a national sales tax: Opposes topic 11 Replace income tax with tariffs & duties: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Any income tax is tax-slavery - sales tax instead: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Against flat tax -- a distraction for abolishing income tax.: Strongly Opposes topic 11 “Soak the rich” schemes have socialist objectives: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-3 points on Social scale)	Vigilant maintenance of our sovereign territory and borders: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Enforce existing laws against illegal immigration: Opposes topic 12 Rescind Bush’s order allowing Mexican trucks on US roads: Opposes topic 12 Oppose amnesty & guest workers until unemployment under 5%: Opposes topic 12 Extending privileges to non-citizens invites lawbreaking: Opposes topic 12 Separate naturalization (legal) from border patrols: Opposes topic 12 Expand legal immigration; curtail illegal immigration: Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-5 points on Economic scale)	We gave away portion of sovereignty when we entered WTO: Opposes topic 13 One-on-one trade agreements; with tariffs for dumping: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Free trade gives excessive authority to international groups: Opposes topic 13 Trade sanctions on Saudi Arabia for persecuting Christians: Opposes topic 13 China trade contingent on human rights & product safety: Opposes topic 13 No NAFTA Superhighway from Canada to Mexico: Opposes topic 13 Entering WTO gave away part of our sovereignty: Opposes topic 13 Out of WTO: no legislation without representation: Strongly Opposes topic 13 WTO allows dictators to decide our future - US out: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+5 points on Economic scale)	Peace through strength: supremely strong & prepared military: Strongly Favors topic 14 Free trade gives excessive authority to international groups: Strongly Favors topic 14 Monitor the eradication of legal slavery in Sudan: Favors topic 14 Avoid ratifying Law of the Sea Treaty: Strongly Favors topic 14 Withdrawing before your enemy stops is called “defeat”: Strongly Favors topic 14 There is no distinction between Afghanistan and Iraq: Strongly Favors topic 14 Renounce interference with affairs of other nations: Favors topic 14 I’ve never been a supporter of the UN, even while Ambassador: Favors topic 14 Against paying UN until they reform: Favors topic 14 Fostered policy of withholding UN funds; UN wastes US taxes: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: Expand the military (+5 points on Social scale)	Routine military intervention is wrong: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Keep some forces abroad, but avoid globalism: Opposes topic 15 Kosovo sets precedent for more future intervention: Opposes topic 15
Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-3 points on Social scale)	Campaign finance reform violates freedom of association: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Avoid incumbency protection: no union or corporate donors: Opposes topic 16 Campaigns: No union $, no corporate $, no foreign $: Favors topic 16 Campaign reforms: unconstitutional “incumbency protection”: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Unlimited contributions, but only by people, & publicized: Opposes topic 16
Favors topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (+2 points on Social scale)	Stand unalterably opposed to all who commit terrorist acts: Opposes topic 17 Would not have chosen Iraq; would not have asked UN either: Favors topic 17 Our efforts in Iraq defend against a deep & terrible threat: Strongly Favors topic 17 Don’t pressure Israel to give up land for promise of peace: Strongly Favors topic 17 Autonomy for Christians in Iraq’s Nineveh region: Opposes topic 17 Preemptive strike in Iraq is a right decision: Opposes topic 17 South Africa: Venture capital instead of foreign aid: Opposes topic 17 Support Israel on moral grounds, not economic nor strategic: Favors topic 17
Strongly Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+5 points on Economic scale)	Explore & exploit ANWR, while respecting ecology: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Supports marketable pollution credits; against regulations: Opposes topic 18 CAFE standards kill - abolish them: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-3 points on Social scale)	Call halt to “War on this” and “War on that”: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Stricter drug penalties; more border security: Strongly Favors topic 19 It’s a moral crisis, not a drug problem: Strongly Favors topic 19 Drug problem is a symptom of governmental lack of discipline: Favors topic 19 Increase penalties for selling drugs: Favors topic 19
Strongly Opposes topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (+5 points on Economic scale)	Income tax is a failed socialist experiment: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Rein in out-of-control spending and balance the budget: Opposes topic 20 Supports balanced budget amendment to the Constitution: Opposes topic 20 Income tax is Marxist control of entire economy: Strongly Opposes topic 20 Against the income tax -- abolish it.: Strongly Opposes topic 20

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