:England4Ever created and edited [[Debate: Aaland Islands]].
:England4Ever created and edited [[Debate: Aaland Islands]].
*'''June 13th.''' Founder [[User:Brooks Lindsay|Brooks Lindsay]] created [[Debate: Dowries]], without arguments (open for editing).
*'''June 13th.''' Founder [[User:Brooks Lindsay|Brooks Lindsay]] created [[Debate: Dowries]], without arguments (open for editing).
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*'''June 12th.''' ''Ace45954'' made the following argument on [[Debate: Colonization of the Moon]]: "Moon base would spark public interest in Mars mission. The creation of a base on our small companion would spark the public's interest, as the creation of such a base would most likely take less than a decade. After this, wait perhaps another decade or so and viola, you have yourself a Mars landing. If we were instead to mount a mission to Mars directly, it would take decades before the mission would be underway. The general public despises long waits, which equals to a lack of funds completely immobilizing the would be Mars landing."
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PRO: US action in Libya does not amount to hostilities/warObama Administration letter to Congress justifying Libya engagement, June 15th, 2011: "The President is of the view that the current U.S. military operations in Libya are consistent with the War Powers Resolution and do not under that law require further congressional authorization, because U.S. military operations are distinct from the kind of 'hostilities' contemplated by the Resolution’s 60 day termination provision. U.S. forces are playing a constrained and supporting role in a multinational coalition, whose operations are both legitimated by and limited to the terms of a United Nations Security Council Resolution that authorizes the use of force solely to protect civilians and civilian populated areas under attack or threat of attack and to enforce a no-fly zone and an arms embargo. U.S. operations do not involve sustained fighting or active exchanges of fire with hostile forces, nor do they involve the presence of U.S. ground troops, U.S. casualties or a serious threat thereof, or any significant chance of escalation into a conflict characterized by those factors."
CON: US is clearly engaged in sustained hostilities in LibyaJohn Glaser. "Libya War is Legal, Because Technically We’re Not Involved." AntiWar. June 15, 2011: "It’s a very difficult argument to get your head around. [...] We’re not technically breaking the law, because in order to violate the War Powers Resolution you have to be at war, and all we’re doing is bombing another country. We’re not engaged in 'hostilities' since we’re only…bombing another country. Our aims our limited to the protection of civilians by the legally binding UN Resolution, despite the fact that we have officially changed the war aims to regime change."
Debate: Gay marriage Gay marriage was legalized in New York state on June 24th, 2011. It became the sixth and largest state in the United States to do so, supporting the case for gay marriage and reinvigorating the debate on the subject.[1]
War on Drugs, Legalization of Marijuana, Legalization of drugs. The executive summary of the Global Commission on Drug Policy report announced in early June: “The global war on drugs has failed,” reigniting the debate on whether the "war" should be abandoned or dramatically changed.[2]
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