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Schools should not teach Intelligent Design as a scientific theory.

Morality and religion should play a role in public policymaking only in a general sense of universal good or bad. Morality is not the sole province of religion. There is a higher morality in the concepts of knowledge, justice, and compassion that does not depend upon, or discriminate based upon, religious tenets.

Government funding should not be available to religious organizations for the purpose of performing a social good.

The 'War on Drugs' has not been effective in curbing illegal drug use.

Local and state governments should not be able to use eminent domain to acquire and transfer properties that have public benefits for private uses.

Marriage should not be defined as a union between one man and one woman.

Christianity is in decline. Modern Christianity is now not so much a belief system as a political machine.

The Constitution should not be amended to define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The US Government has no business in the bedrooms of its people.

There is no life after death. There are absolutely no arguments, other than religious ones, to establish life after death. Nothing should ever be presented as "factual" that does not offer evidence and invite disproof.

People should stop using the n-word. I would very much like for the "N-word" to disappear from the English language. However, I am entirely against any attempt to force that change.

Hollywood does not encourage positive role models. The entertainment and sports industries combine to foster all the worst characteristics of human society as if they were virtues.

Race and class are not linked. Race is a construct, created by the 'haves' in order to keep the 'have-nots' divided against one another.

The United States should issue a formal apology for slavery. And genocide. And atrocities. And wars of aggression. And crimes against humanity. And seeking to subjugate the entire world for generations.

UNKNOWN: Is there equality among those in Heaven?

UNKNOWN: Should couples celebrate Valentine's Day?

UNKNOWN: What legal rights to a relationship of consenting adults should be available for same-sex couples?

UNKNOWN: Are there circumstances under which you support capital punishment?

UNKNOWN: Is the use of contraceptives immoral?

UNKNOWN: Is there convincing evidence that a higher being exists?

UNKNOWN: Should marijuana be legal?

UNKNOWN: Should the Pledge of Allegiance include the phrase "under God"?

UNKNOWN: Is feminism relevant?

UNKNOWN: Should drugs be legalized?

UNKNOWN: Is homosexuality a choice?

UNKNOWN: Should marijuana be legalized for medicinal use?

UNKNOWN: Should the U.S. enact a constitutional amendment prohibiting the burning of the American flag?

UNKNOWN: Are there persuasive non-religious reasons to prohibit same-sex marriage?

UNKNOWN: Are religious beliefs vital to society?

UNKNOWN: Should the government allow same-sex couples to adopt children?

UNKNOWN: Should the death penalty be available in cases of child rape?

UNKNOWN: Should undocumented immigrants be granted in-state tuition benefits?

UNKNOWN: Should the government regulate marriage?

UNKNOWN: Can doubt be part of faith?

UNKNOWN: Is homosexuality immoral?

UNKNOWN: Should African Americans receive reparations for slavery?

UNKNOWN: Is the death penalty an effective crime deterrent?

UNKNOWN: Should public displays of religious content be permitted?

UNKNOWN: Was President Obama's statement about Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s arrest appropriate?

UNKNOWN: Should prisons be privatized?

UNKNOWN: Is there a non-religious basis for universal principles of morality?