The BIG Issues
Find some of the most controversial debate topics covering a wide variety of issues ranging from politics and religion to education and society. The controversial debate topics are arranged in a pro-con format that allows keeping our debates organized and ensuring that both sides of a particular issue get equal exposure. The topics are always presented in a non-biased, equal-coverage approach.
- Abortion51% Pro
- Affirmative Action60% Con
- Animal Rights84% Pro
- Barack Obama52% Con
- Border Fence54% Pro
- Capitalism74% Pro
- Civil Unions75% Pro
- Death Penalty51% Pro
- Drug Legalization50% Pro
- Electoral College63% Con
- Environmental Protection88% Pro
- Estate Tax64% Con
- European Union56% Pro
- Euthanasia65% Pro
- Federal Reserve58% Con
- Flat Tax55% Con
- Free Trade83% Pro
- Gay Marriage69% Pro
- Global Warming Exists70% Pro
- Globalization68% Pro
- Gold Standard57% Pro
- Gun Rights69% Pro
- Homeschooling70% Pro
- Internet Censorship87% Con
- Iran-Iraq War81% Con
- Labor Union70% Pro
- Legalized Prostitution56% Pro
- Medicaid & Medicare76% Pro
- Medical Marijuana77% Pro
- Military Intervention56% Con
- Minimum Wage76% Pro
- National Health Care67% Pro
- National Retail Sales Tax52% Con
- Occupy Movement55% Con
- Progressive Tax50% Pro
- Racial Profiling63% Con
- Redistribution65% Con
- Smoking Ban54% Pro
- Social Programs77% Pro
- Social Security76% Pro
- Socialism61% Con
- Stimulus Spending61% Con
- Term Limits80% Pro
- Torture80% Con
- United Nations77% Pro
- War in Afghanistan66% Con
- War on Terror52% Pro
- Welfare64% Pro
Previous Big Issues
- Campaign Finance Reform78% Pro
- Flag Burning61% Con
- George W. Bush78% Con
- Iraq War78% Con
- Late Term Abortion78% Con
- Missile Defense System73% Pro
- NAFTA59% Pro
- Patriotism76% Pro
- PETA60% Con
- School Vouchers65% Pro
- United States Policy89% Pro
- Waterboarding64% Con
- World Trade Organization73% Pro