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THE
ABORTION DEBATE
Tackling one of today's most controversial subjects, Belinda Bulger, Deputy Legal Director for NARAL Pro-Choice America, debates Mary Hallan-FioRito, Vice Chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Two eloquent and informed presenters, who believe strongly in their positions, ensuring a powerful presentation. CIVIL
RIGHTS / PATRIOT ACT DEBATE
How does the PATRIOT Act impact American civil rights? Does the need to defend a country outweigh a citizen's personal rights and freedoms? Columnist for the Boston Globe, lawyer, and pre-eminent spokesman for the conservative nation Jeff Jacoby debates Wendy Kaminer, commentator and former ACLU board member. THE
REPARATIONS DEBATE
How
should America address the
painful legacy of slavery
and racism? A leading scholar
and civil rights activist,
Roy Brooks debates against
Reginald Jones, the lead
spokesman for the African
American leadership group,
Project 21, that African-Americans
are owed reparations for the
centuries of enslavement their
ancestors endured.
GENDER
ISSUES DEBATE
Patricia
Ireland,
long-time president of NOW
and author of What
Women Want,
is a leader of the modern
feminist movement. Warren
Farrell is the author of The Myth of
Male Power
and Why
Men Are the Way They Are.
Over 100,000 men and women
have experienced the other
sex’s point of view
in his workshops. As a result,
he has new theories about
the reasons love, intimacy,
and commitment mean different
things to men and to women
GUN
CONTROL DEBATE
David Hardy, a senior attorney for the National Rifle Association, takes a hard-edged line on gun control - he's against it. Michael Beard, founder and President of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, is a major player in the DC arena. These two experts on gun control present both sides of a controversial and dangerous topic. affirmative action debate
Author of When Sorry Isn't Enough: The Controversy Over Apologies and Reparations for Human Injustice, attorney and law professor Roy L. Brooks is an internationally renowned scholar on reparations. He challenges Reginald Jones, an entertainer/entrepreneur and lecturer. He is the lead spokesman for the African American leadership group, Project 21. |
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CLONING
DEBATE
Now that scientists have successfully cloned animals, should we begin cloning people? Dr. Gregory Pence, one of the few leaders in bio-ethics to oppose a federal ban on human cloning, debates Nigel Cameron who has an international reputation as a commentator on bioethics and biotech issues and has been published widely in his academic fields of theology and bioethics. DEATH
PENALTY DEBATE
Bud
Welch’s
daughter, Julie Marie, was
killed in the Oklahoma City
bombing. In the months after
her death, he changed from
supporting the death penalty
to taking a public stance
against it. Mr. Welch debates
against columnist for the
Boston
Globe, lawyer, and pre-eminent spokesman for the conservative nation
Jeff Jacoby, a long time
proponent of the death penalty.
SAME-SEX
MARRIAGE DEBATE
Should
gay and lesbian couples be
allowed to marry legally?
Author and philosophy professor
Richard
Mohr
proposes that giving same-sex
couples equal rights is just
another step in a longer ongoing
evolution of marriage as an
institution. Attorney and
legal scholar Dwight
G. Duncan argues
that “gay marriage”
is simply another attempt
to normalize homosexual behavior.
ASSISTED
SUICIDE DEBATE
As President and General Counsel for the Bioethics Defense Fund, Nikolas Nikas describes the dangers behind legalizing assisted suicide. Barbara Coombs Lee is the Executive Director of Compassion in Dying Federation, and organization seeking to expand end-of-life choices for terminally ill, mentally competent adults. Ms. Lee's career spans the practice of medicine and law. She was the co-author and chief petitioner of Oregon's Death with Dignity Act.
IMMIGRATION DEBATE
 How should America deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants living and working among us? Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, makes the case that restricting immigration is a matter of national security and economic stability. Human rights activist Enrique Morones, founder of the humanitarian organization Border Angels, reminds us that behind the discussions of policies and national borders are the lives of real people.
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