Affirmative Action

Should employers be able to make hiring decisions based on race?

(89% of the 2302.8006 class thought no)

Senator Clinton in Bosnia

Is it right to vote for a presidential candidate who said she was under sniper fire in Bosnia, when she wasn't?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/186006.php

Happiness

Does living a moral life lead to happiness?

(56% of the GOVT 2301.8009 class thought yes)
(52% of the GOVT 2301.8012 class thought yes)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/26/health/main3971458.shtml

http://www.fragilefamilies.princeton.edu/briefs/ResearchBrief41.pdf

http://www.state.ok.us/osfdocs/budget/table25.pdf

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/12/spitzer/

McCain's Mistake

Would it be right to elect a President who said (incorrectly) that Al Qaeda is being trained in Iran and then returning to Iraq to commit acts of terrorism?

(75% of the class thought yes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn921VG_pCA&NR=1

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/966544.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/11/AR2007041102121.html

STDs

Should society be responsible for paying for the medical care of sexually active teeneagers?

(74% of the 2301.8009 class thought no)
(63% of the 2301.8012 class thought no)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving2/stories/031208dnnatteenstds.11592a5.html

Media and Iraq

Has the negative way in which the media has reported the Iraq war turned Americans against the war?

(80% of the 2301.8012 class thought yes).
(88% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes).

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/032408dnnat4000.1d6c82ad.html

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/03/sizing-up-sacrifice-iraq-versus-major.html

http://greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/is-it-really-true-that-east-timor-was-worse-than-bosnia-or-kosovo/

Guns

Should people be allowed to own guns?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_guns

Death Penalty

Is it right to execute someone who is convicted of murder?

(56% of the 2301.8009 class thought no)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8VH6JV01.html

US Attorneys

Does President Bush have the right to fire US attorneys for political reasons?

(76% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes).

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004273898_usattty11.html

US Economy

Should the Federal government take action to help the US economy?

(100% of the GOVT 2301.8009 class thought yes)
(76% of the GOVT 2301.8012 class thought yes)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/18/AR2008031800767.html

See also McCain's position at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-na-mccain26mar26,1,947387.story

For Obama's position, see http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign27mar27,1,625784.story

Senator Obama's Church

Would it be right to elect a president who is a member of a church whose pastor expresses hatred toward the United States, as described in this video?

(67% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49Ly5CwkvI&NR=1

Home Schooling

Should parents be allowed to home school their children?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/07/MNJDVF0F1.DTL

Gay Marriage

Should homosexuals be allowed to get married?

(63% of the 2302.8006 class thought yes)
(55% of the 2301.8012 class thought yes)
(58% of the 2301.8009 class thought yes)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23465812/

Marijuana

Should it be legal to smoke marijuana?

(52% of the 2301.8009 class thought no).
(62% of the 2301.8012 class thought yes).

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/030308dnmetroguecop.3967790.html

http://bureaucrash.com/node/5867