Alright, so here is the issue at hand:

Some people say that children need a mother and a father to raise us, to give us both viewpoints of gender: masculinity, femininity and all the issues those entail. However, there are others who say that gender does not matter when it comes to child rearing; two women (or two men)  can do just as well as a man and a woman.

What is your take on this issue?

Consider this editorial, written by the editorial board of The Denver Post:

"President Barack Obama has requested more than $14 billion to fund the drug war at the federal level in 2009. State and local enforcement costs drive that figure far higher.

Year after year, a few hundred thousand people end up in court and prison as a result of drug crimes. Our overcrowded prisons are just one reason to take another look at some of our drug laws.

Granted, there are still many dangerous drugs out there. Highly addictive drugs like methamphetamine or crack cocaine swept through our nation's cities and suburbs and rural communities like epidemics.

But legions of studies have shown that marijuana isn't addictive.

And as recent U.S. presidents have shown, use of the drug, even when inhaled, doesn't in and of itself ruin a person's chance at achieving full and productive lives. Yes, pot users face risks as potentially as devastating as other drugs. So do drinkers of wine and beer."

Everything that is happening over there is just crazy. It is never-ending. Nobody can reach any kind of meaningful agreement because each side (and supporters of each side) believe they are right. Let's see who can present the best arguments and the best evidence. I am genuinely curious to hear arguments from BOTH sides.

In a nut shell:

Nancy Pelosi agreed to add a provision (in the public option health care bill) that would prohibit federal funds from being used for the purchase of plans that cover abortion in a new health care exchange.  Leaving out the amendment would force taxpayers (who are morally against abortions) to subsidize abortion.

Pelosi’s decision to give the anti-abortion lawmakers what they wanted in exchange for their accession to passing the bill.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29412.html

So..., the question is, should people who are morally against abortions be forced to pay for them?

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Joe_s_public_option_health_care_viable_proposal