Argue for maintaining abortion as a fundamental right or adopt the stance that abortion is criminal. Argue or dispute that euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide, humanely allows terminally-ill individuals to control their death. Advance or oppose the legalized use of medical marijuana as a sound patient treatment. Argue for or against the right to healthcare and U.S. health care reform. Promote or dispute the notion that no one should go without healthcare and that universal healthcare would improve public health, eliminate medical bankruptcies and reduce healthcare spending. Agree or disagree that health care reform will curb healthcare costs, protect Americans from underhanded insurance practices and reduce the nation's deficit in the long term.
Agree or disagree that alternative energy sources should replace fossil fuels because clean energy is not environmentally destructive, creates jobs and fosters energy independence from foreign sources.
Advance or oppose the notion that sexual orientation is a natural trait that one is born with and that gay people should share the legal rights and protections enjoyed by others, including marriage rights. Argue for or against legalizing prostitution as a means to reduce crime, increase tax revenues, and improve public health and safety.
Argue that the U.S. should allow illegal immigrants to gain legal residence and continue to live and work in the country. Argue in favor of strict handgun control laws and licensing to save lives. Alternatively, demonstrate the detrimental effects of illegal immigration and gun control.
Argue or dispute that standardized testing in public schools improves educational standards and student achievement. Agree or disagree with the premise that granting teacher tenure after several years of teaching leads to complacency and the retention of poor educators. Argue or dispute that granting school choice and vouchers for charter and private school education would lead to public school reform.
Argue for or against legalized gambling, demonstrating how its positive social and economic effects outweigh any negative aspects, or vice versa. Argue that regulating the sale of violent video games to minors would reduce the incidence of violence in schools and domestic situations, or dispute the link between simulated and real-life violence.
Argue for or against keeping "under God" in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that America is -- or isn't -- largely a Christian nation. Similarly, argue for or against prayer in school.