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キャリー・プレジャンが2009年のミスUSAコンテストで敗れたのは同性婚に反対したからではない。

I do not believe in soulmates.

I never attend religious services.

Roman Polanski should be extradited to the U.S.

I have smoked marijuana.

I buy lottery tickets. I buy them as gifts for friends' birthdays. If they win, they can't possibly cut me out of the winnings, right?

人はn-word（黒人に対する差別用語）を使うことをやめるべきである。 Yes...until it gets to the point of limiting free speech.

Same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Indeed, it's THE civil rights issue of our generation. Our grandchildren will scratch their heads when they read in history books about gays not being able to marry...the way we did when we read that blacks were once not allowed to eat in the same restaurants as whites.

The arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was not justified. Goodness no. Disrespecting a police officer's mother isn't a crime.

President Obama's statement about Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s arrest was not appropriate. His comments came at a press conference to promote health care reform and it was a huge distraction from his intended objective. The lengthy comments threw fuel on a fire that was burning enough on its own. It may have been appropriate for him to comment on this in some form but this was not with the pragmatic and careful language that we've gotten used to. And admitting he "didn't know all the facts" and was "biased" for knowing Gates personally wasn't an exoneration. If anything it should have disqualified him from making a comment at that time.

Dogs are better pets than cats. I'm a cat owner now while living in NYC but I grew up with dogs and can say that cats, while convenient, aren't nearly as rewarding.

Monogamy is natural. Like a lot of evolutionary traits that humans adapted in order to get to the top of the food chain, monogamy was probably at one time counterproductive to survival. Instinctual temptations today suggest it still might be but it's not. It's just part of a the struggle that takes place in an ever-progressing species.

神が存在する説得力のある証拠はない。 There's nothing convincing by the standards of science, which I subscribe to over most versions of reality. The evidence is something felt spiritually. 'Faith' is a word tossed around a lot in Christianity and I think that's what convinces believers He exists.

両親は宗教上の理由で子供に対する医療を拒否する権利を持つべきではない。

売春は合法化されるべきである。 If prostitution were a regulated industry, back-alley deals that thrive on Craigslist would be non-existent.

政治的適合性は恋愛関係において重要な要素ではない。 As long as she's knowledgeable and thoughtful on the positions we disagree on...it would be more interesting to have that kind of dissent hanging around.

Marijuana is not a gateway drug. Efforts to brand marijuana as a gateway drug is ironically misleading. If the ENTIRE sample size of marijuana users was measured - not just the fraction that ends up in crack dens - a wholly different perspective of the drug's effects would at least be weighed. Instead, marijuana is a scapegoat for the behavior of people who are just as likely to "cross over" when they take their first drag from a cigarette...or first sip from a beer. What's ironic about it all is that this agenda is pushed by the same people who advocate personal accountability and responsibility when talking up their economic philosophy and throwing tea parties.

Faith-based organizations should not pay taxes. For the same reason I think the fabulously wealthy would suddenly become a lot less charitable if their taxes were reduced dramatically, I'd be concerned about this kind of initiative having a negative effect on the charities that are supported by faith-based orgs.

出会い系サイトは愛を見つけるのに効果的は方法ではない。 I know several people who have used/are using dating sites and who have given it an honest effort in their pursuit of love. They browse people and find compatible matches, set the dates up, and even give it a fair shot. In the end, it's fleeting. Not one long-term relationship has come from it. Is it possible to find love on these site? Without question - there's enough testimonials out there to prove that. But as an overall "strategy" for finding someone, it's extremely flawed. (And I'd be interested to see the proportion of users who are in relationships deemed successful vs. everyone else. Me thinks it's very tiny.

利他的行動は本質的に自己の利益によって動機付けられる。

Children with one heterosexual parent are not better off than children with two homosexual parents.

男性と女性の認知能力に大きな違いはない。

The demand side of the drug trade should have a higher priority in America's War on Drugs. Although it's not as sexy as the drug busts you read about and the heaps of confiscated narcotics you see in publicity photos, the long-term solution to America's drug problem is through prevention education and treatment and rehabilitation. Afterall, if

The legal drinking age should be 18. in a perfect world, we wouldn't need alcohol. Of course, ours is anything but and I personally think legal regulation of a health issue isn't the answer. That said, we're in no position to re-allocate funding toward alcohol-abstinence education...so 18 wo

女性は聖職者として仕えるべきだ。

投票は権利である。 although I do feel privileged to live in a country that gives us this voice.

雇用主の無差別政策は性的指向にも適用するべきだ。 and why wouldn't it?

テキサス州政府は一夫多妻制の教団施設から子供たちを引き離すべきだった。

親はティーンエイジャーの子供に避妊具を与えるべきではない。

子供はビデオゲームで遊ぶことを許されるべきである。

性的指向に基づいた差別からの解放は公民権とみなされるべきだ。

サイエントロジーは宗教である。

避妊具の使用は不道徳ではない。

政府の資金は宗教的目的で使われるべきだ。 trick question: If I say 'yes', it'll sound like I'm saying the gov't should proactively use funds for religious purposes. But I'm not against the idea, as long as it is helping a humane cause that doesn't discriminate.

児童ポルノを見る人たちは犯罪として起訴されるべきだ。

同性カップルが子育てすることを禁じる説得力のある理由はない。

ショーン・ベル事件の評決は妥当ではなかった。

薬物注射による死は合法である。

人は婚前交渉をするべきだ。 great affirmative

カトリックの司祭は結婚を許されるべきだ。