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I will agree that "religious people have needs, wants and rights." Everyone, religious or not has needs, wants and rights. Religion aside, however, because of the diverse place that the United States of America is, there is no way that everyone can look at a leader, specifically a president, and say "that person looks like me." How many minority groups have no one represented in any part of the government. It is only now that the African American community can say of a presidential candidate, "Obama looks like me."

I challenge you, and other debaters, to find more than a handful of openly Wiccan, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, or Muslim politicians. Let those people (myself included) see someone who looks like them.

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This side may not win, but "your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries," so at least we're not you.

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Did anyone notice that while the question asks where one spends money on fast food, the two burgers in the tagline come from the same fast food chain? Just thought I'd point that out.

For my money, however, I do like McDonalds (their french fries are fabulous), however I prefer the enchiladas at Si, Senor more than anything else.

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As required by NCLB, school districts across America should be working to have teachers classified as highly qualified teaching in their classrooms. The question arises: can you be highly qualified and homosexual? While some will try and argue that this particular duality cannot exist, I assure you that it can. The problem arises when members of the community use their personal prejudices to attack the character of the teacher, not the teacher's actual classroom management style.

It doesn't necessarily follow that if all homosexuals are bad teachers because of their homosexuality, that all heterosexual teachers are stellar educators. At this point, it becomes a matter of discrimination. Yes, teachers have the power to influence the world's youth. Many people (I'm reluctant to say "everyone", since that would be too broad a generalization) have a teacher that they remember for one reason or another.

We also must recognize that a number of students within the schools will be LGBTQ. If the homosexual teachers are removed from the school system, who will support these students? Think about how difficult it might be to find yourself in a situation where everyone around you looks different. Think about being younger, not an adult, and finding yourself in the same situation, where you have an overwhelming desire to fit in. You want someone who can listen to your problems and understand, not just empathize.

To fire homosexual teacher because they are homosexual is blatant discrimination. How many exemplary teachers will communities and school districts turn on, and what kind of example does that set for their children?


Winning Position: They're qualified, who cares?

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