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Strongly Favors topic 1: Abortion is a woman's right (10 points on Social scale)	Women have the right to control their bodies: Strongly Favors topic 1 Require health insurance to cover contraception and abortion: Strongly Favors topic 1 Require abortion-related medical services for women: Favors topic 1 Reinstate family planning aid in foreign aid: Favors topic 1 Defend reproductive rights: Strongly Favors topic 1
Strongly Favors topic 2: Require companies to hire more women & minorities (0 points on Economic scale)	Require pay equity: Strongly Favors topic 2 Fund support programs for single mothers: Favors topic 2 Supports affirmative action and Reparations: Strongly Favors topic 2 End official racism like under-funding of schools & services: Favors topic 2 Defend affirmative action: Strongly Favors topic 2
Strongly Favors topic 3: Sexual orientation protected by civil rights laws (10 points on Social scale)	Strengthen LGBT anti-discrimination laws: Favors topic 3 Extend domestic partnership rights to more GLBT workers: Strongly Favors topic 3 Support the right to marry for same-sex couples: Strongly Favors topic 3 Support legal protections for LGBT families: Strongly Favors topic 3 Support LGBT youth in the schools: Favors topic 3 Equality regardless of sexual orientation: Strongly Favors topic 3
Strongly Opposes topic 4: Teach family values in public schools (10 points on Social scale)	Prayer does not belong in public schools: Strongly Opposes topic 4
Strongly Favors topic 5: More federal funding for health coverage (0 points on Economic scale)	Single-payer system eliminates administrative waste: Strongly Favors topic 5 Supports universal national single-payer health care system: Strongly Favors topic 5 Single-payer provides better health at same cost: Strongly Favors topic 5 Health care should not be a privilege: Favors topic 5 Supports universal national single-payer health care: Strongly Favors topic 5
Strongly Opposes topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	Oppose efforts to privatize Social Security: Strongly Opposes topic 6
Strongly Opposes topic 7: Parents choose schools via vouchers (0 points on Social scale)	Opposes parents choosing schools via vouchers or charters: Strongly Opposes topic 7 Increase teacher and staff pay: Opposes topic 7 Stop disinvesting in education: Opposes topic 7 School vouchers and charters transfer money out: Strongly Opposes topic 7
Strongly Opposes topic 8: Death Penalty (10 points on Social scale)	Moratorium on federal executions: Strongly Opposes topic 8
Strongly Opposes topic 9: Mandatory Three Strikes sentencing laws (10 points on Social scale)	"Three strikes" locks away otherwise productive people: Strongly Opposes topic 9 'Tough on crime' policies bankrupt our state budgets: Opposes topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (7 points on Social scale)	Possession ok for self-defense; but not concealed carry: Favors topic 10
Strongly Opposes topic 11: Decrease overall taxation of the wealthy (0 points on Economic scale)	Focus on reducing budget deficit instead of tax cuts: Opposes topic 11 Bush tax cuts shifted taxes from wealthy to working families: Opposes topic 11 Rescind tax cuts for families making over $200,000 a year: Strongly Opposes topic 11 The rich in this country are doing better than ever: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Supports progressive and fair taxation: Strongly Opposes topic 11
Strongly Favors topic 12: Illegal immigrants earn citizenship (10 points on Economic scale)	Don't criminalize immigrants; focus on working conditions: Strongly Favors topic 12 Criminalizing immigrants hurts civil liberties & due process: Favors topic 12 Grant permanent residency to all undocumented aliens: Strongly Favors topic 12 Demilitarize the Mexican border: Strongly Favors topic 12 No human being is illegal: extend rights to immigrants: Strongly Favors topic 12
Strongly Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (0 points on Economic scale)	Free trade has been anything but free to workers: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Renegotiate NAFTA, CAFTA & GATT: Strongly Opposes topic 13 Remake the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank: Opposes topic 13 US policy good for business, but bad for people: Opposes topic 13 Renegotiate NAFTA, CAFTA and GATT: Strongly Opposes topic 13
Strongly Favors topic 14: The Patriot Act harms civil liberties (0 points on Social scale)	Our civil liberties are disappearing: Strongly Favors topic 14 Repeal the Patriot Act: Strongly Favors topic 14
Strongly Opposes topic 15: More spending on armed forces (10 points on Economic scale)	Military spending has not made us safer nor better-off: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Shift military spending to social programs at home: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Redirect the military budget to social programs: Strongly Opposes topic 15 Fully fund veterans' benefits: Favors topic 15 Bring our troops home now: Opposes topic 15
Strongly Favors topic 16: Stricter limits on political campaign funds (0 points on Economic scale)	Full public financing of elections: Strongly Favors topic 16
Favors topic 17: Replace US troops with UN in Iraq (2 points on Economic scale)	Work with the UN to resolve conflicts non-militarily: Favors topic 17
Strongly Favors topic 18: Replace coal & oil with alternatives (0 points on Economic scale)	We need to move away from oil as our energy source: Strongly Favors topic 18 Crash program for clean energy; end oil drilling: Strongly Favors topic 18 Retire nuclear power reactors as soon as possible: Strongly Favors topic 18 Support renewable, clean energy: Strongly Favors topic 18 No such thing as the safe disposal of nuclear waste: Strongly Opposes topic 18
Strongly Opposes topic 19: Drug use is immoral: enforce laws against it (10 points on Social scale)	Decriminalize marijuana; save money and stop wasting lives: Strongly Opposes topic 19 Drug addiction is a medical problem, not criminal: Strongly Opposes topic 19 War on Drugs is an excuse for massive rights violations: Strongly Opposes topic 19
Opposes topic 20: Allow churches to provide welfare services (7 points on Social scale)	Church-based social services risks tax-funded discrimination: Opposes topic 20