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.
- Abortion52% Pro
- Affirmative Action60% Con
- Animal Rights86% Pro
- Barack Obama55% Con
- Border Fence52% Pro
- Capitalism70% Pro
- Civil Unions75% Pro
- Death Penalty51% Pro
- Drug Legalization53% Pro
- Electoral College60% Con
- Environmental Protection90% Pro
- Estate Tax62% Con
- European Union60% Pro
- Euthanasia69% Pro
- Federal Reserve55% Con
- Flat Tax54% Con
- Free Trade82% Pro
- Gay Marriage73% Pro
- Global Warming Exists76% Pro
- Globalization66% Pro
- Gold Standard58% Pro
- Gun Rights68% Pro
- Homeschooling71% Pro
- Internet Censorship87% Con
- Iran-Iraq War82% Con
- Labor Union70% Pro
- Legalized Prostitution55% Pro
- Medicaid & Medicare77% Pro
- Medical Marijuana80% Pro
- Military Intervention55% Con
- Minimum Wage74% Pro
- National Health Care68% Pro
- National Retail Sales Tax52% Con
- Occupy Movement54% Con
- Progressive Tax50% Pro
- Racial Profiling75% Con
- Redistribution62% Con
- Smoking Ban55% Pro
- Social Programs77% Pro
- Social Security78% Pro
- Socialism60% Con
- Stimulus Spending57% Con
- Term Limits81% Pro
- Torture79% Con
- United Nations75% Pro
- War in Afghanistan72% Con
- War on Terror51% Con
- 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
