BeIR/webis-touche2020 huggingface dataset:
Government employees may not use their religion to refuse the issue of gay marriage licenses

The overall principle regarding government services is that the government of a constitutional democracy must make all of it's public services available to every one of it's citizens who requests it. Anyone who applies for a government job makes that implicit promise upon accepting such a job. If an applicant feels, for whatever reason, that he or she is unable to serve a particular group of people that applicant is, for all intents, seeking employment on fraudulent grounds. If, during employment a new section of the public is added to the list of those to be served and the employee is not willing to serve that group the employee is making the admission that he is unable to perform all of his job requirements. It becomes, then, a management problem as to how to treat that employee and apply appropriate disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.
Government employees may not use their religion to refuse the issue of gay marriage licenses

In states in which same sex marriage is not legal, a county clerk is obligated to deny such a couple a license because they would fail to meet the state established criteria for a license. The clerk has no discretion in the matter. If, as in Kentucky, same sex marriage is legal, a gay couple who meet all the other state established criteria for a license MUST be issued a license. Again, this is not an area where the clerk can exercise discretion - contrary to what Con has asserted. In the Kentucky case, the clerk specifically stated that she refused to issue a license because the applicants were gay. The Kentucky clerk also has another problem. She swore an oath, to God, to support the constitutional laws of Kentucky which now support gay marriage. She also believes that her God, presumably the same one she swore the oath to, curses gay marriage. This presents an ethical conflict that can only be resolved by her resignation. She hasn't done so - probably in large measure because of her $80,000 salary. Instead she's refusing to issue any marriage licenses to anyone. Any sensible employer would fire her for that.
Government employees may not use their religion to refuse the issue of gay marriage licenses

Ok just saying a drivers license and gay marriage are two totally different things. If a gay couple wants to get married in a state such as Texas then a county clerk has the right to deny them. Gay marriage in 13 states is still illegal. So if a county clerk has to deny them because of a law then it must be done. A county clerk who denies them in a state where it is legal then the couple may not have met all the criteria but because it is a gay couple people are going to push that it is simply because they are gay. Now if they meet all the criteria and a county clerk denies them it doesn't shouldn't concern anyone because the county clerk is hired to accept and decline people not for everyone to get involved when they deny someone. If they do it to a straight couple would as many people argue about it? Probably not but because the couple is gay it makes the whole thing go to a new level. A county clerk has the right to make a decision based on their opinions/experiences. If the couple decides to take action and report the clerk than that is on them. A gay couple can do that as well as a straight couple but again the couple is gay so that is why everyone would think they are getting denied.
Government employees may not use their religion to refuse the issue of gay marriage licenses

A county clerk can have many responsibilities, depending upon the requirements of his or her county government. Usually, the issuance of various licenses is among those responsibilities. It's important to understand, for the purposes of this debate, that the criteria for license eligibility is not determined by the clerk, but by the legislative bodies of the county, state, or federal government. The rules determining who can get a drivers license, for example; physical requirements, age, ability to pass a driving test, knowledge of traffic law, etc are all determined by the state. The county clerks only responsibility (in this example) is to determine if the applicant meets those requirements and, if so, to issue the license. A clerk who, for example, routinely denies applicants, who meet all the state's drivers license requirements, simply because she didn't approve of their family backgrounds would be acting outside of her authority and should, properly, be disciplined for that breach of authority no matter how well she might perform every other aspect of her job.
Government employees may not use their religion to refuse the issue of gay marriage licenses

A county clerk is an elected official who is required to perform all the legal acts of his or her office. If the clerk refuses, for personally held religious beliefs, to issue a wedding license to a gay couple, when such a wedding is legal in the state, that clerk must either resign or be fired. BOP is shared. First round acceptance and statement of position. Second round rebuttals, third round arguments, fourth round rebuttals. Fifth round summary.
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

My opponent gives his last breathIt smells like he ate a lot of methHe slashes blindly in the airHe didn't cut so much as a hairHe got no money left in the bankHis rap must be of such a low rankHe burns himself up with his poor insultsI laugh and grin, that's how I exult This dude was dead in round oneHe was shot by so many of my guns Fell for every trick in the bookHe's like a pawn and I'm like a rookRushin' forward and kickin' him outLook at his face--is that a pout?No, it is the frown of defeatHe knows I already have him beat
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

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Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

Seeker's raps can't even be read out loudDoes he do this on purpose, is he proud?Regardless of his thoughts, he stinks quite rotten I don't think his lack of effort is boughtenHe talks about blood like a cool vampIn reality he's a flea-bag trampBeggin' for money on the streetsTerrible trash and garbage he eatsHe got no weapons to beat meFor I am the undead, you seeI rise up and call my army of zombiesYou're totally surrounded, can't even fleeBetter go hide under the bedOtherwise I'll have your head Looks like I win this like last timeI still got much better rhymes
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

What's a king without a crown? pfft, your frontin'! Spaceking..what does space mean? Absolutely nothin! I ain't messin' with a person who stressin', i'm your only reality that'll expose you as an illusionary component Explodin' on impact, i be on it as you aren't even my opponent cuz light has no opposite, i'm a potent poet Claimin' that your heart is broken and proven it by the way i'm spoken, you can't rap like this at the moment so perfect your rhymes, findin' n' grindin' til you can find your own flow that will never reach God's perfection You lack creativity that's why you'll never have a passion for lashin' n' crashin' into the lyrical rap profession Like i said, i'm like the alien vs. predator movie, where i'm the death-bringer, the character you fear: executioner You didn't plan out your story to be like this, i'm the being who'll forever haunt you in your dreams, a sick metaphor You cannot compete with the stories that i created to tell of all my glories Bickerin' over belittled small quarries as i'm slicin' you up into categories Your brain dead, your mouth bled as soon as i smashed into you, your blood-red Get this into your brain dead head that you can never spit lyrics that'll cause bloodshed Your existence is full of emptiness n' solitariness just like your premise I'ma chemist that's in precise readiness, steadiness n' bring your bio-demise
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

My opponent's power is weakenin'His tank of raps is really leakin'He really got nothin' leftCan't harm me, I'm too heft You talk of me as a harmless cartoonBut it's actually an advantageous boon I'm invincible, can't be harmed in the leastCompared to you I'm a massive beastI can increase my size and shapeEngulf you all over with tapeYou can neither talk nor moveAll your confidence is removedYou can't defeat me, the powerful kingYou'd be K.O.'d in a boxin' ringGive up right now my "friend"I might go easy on you and give a quick end
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

you wack! do you really want to know how you cannot rap? its cuz you kept looking at your pc like you made alien contact you in real life and your pic online both take in cocaine You boost your ideas sniffin powder then you go insane every time you rap, you're even worse than vanilla ice stop listening to American Music, go spit in your bowl of rice You better off wrapping chicken broth with chopsticks Cuz all you do is get off from watching all them chick flicks Your scared that in this battle, you won't get protection So you'll go to the Debate section n get social connection You are a cartoon character, you look like goofy n snoopy Soft as a marshmallow, can't jump me if you had a groupie I'ma show the world you suck at freestylin n i'm racial profiling Cuz when it comes to Asians, imma be wildin andswinging I'm going soft on you this round, have yet unleashed pain like the mythological dragon you believe in, I'm the new flame
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

My opponent tries a different takeHe ain't so bad as a level-one earthquakeHe's as dumb as he is a jerk--Apparently my disguises work.I hide my real face behind a mask, In my glory do I baskHidin' a grin and knife right behind your back Blood trickin' along with just one "whack"You're unaware of your demiseUnbeknowst to the blindness of your eyesYou're getting slowly overcomeYour mind is already overrun My virus slowly digests your brain There are no words to describe the pain You lost already, my poor opponentAll your verses crashed and are broken
Rematch: Truth_seeker vs. 9spaceking

yo, check it http://www.debate.org... Your voice sounds gayer than a moaning lesbian with a sex toy Your asian, but ironically, your whiter than the nerdiest white boy Your flow is trash, you sound like a dying bird We can't even comprehend crap, cuz your a terd Your camera quality is trash, everything looks blurred That's because music is something you never heard I'm schoolin' this dude, you haven't even hit puberty Your really a monkey, that's why this is animal cruelty The only reason i'm going easy is cuz you disgraced the family honor Not that it was worth much, cuz right now, your already a complete goner So when you spit next round, your committing suicide, your the Kamikaze Your better off doin' comedy, Bill Cosby or just lookin' as white as insane clown pose So when i drop the bombs, it'll be a repeat of Hiroshima and Nagasaki When your friends ask "who destroyed this form?" I'ma say "not me!" Cuz your flow sucks, you sound like a broken tape recorder Wherever the hell you came from needs a new world order When i watched Menace 2 society, your mom said "Hurry up and buy!" Now i'm repeatin' the same deathly process on you, hurry up and die! Your as light as rice, your style is not nice, your not a Samurai guy
There Are Only 2 Genders

Intersex is relevant to your proposition since it has something to do with this topic. Analogy: In science class/biology we are typically taught that all humans have ten fingers, But there are people in the world with abnormalities who have eleven or twelve fingers. Should we automatically dismiss them and pretend that they don't exist? I think you happen to be confused on the idea of gender vs sex. When some say there are only 2 genders, They often confuse the idea of gender and sex. Sex is a generalization of XY chromosomes so there's an assumption that XY and XX combination of chromosomes which equals male/female comes from your chromosomes, But that's really just the idea that there's only 2 possibilities of sex. So even with in sex itself you can be born intersex which means that you are born with sexual characteristics of both of what we consider male or female. Then you have gender. Gender is more about a mental state based off of societal norms, So within western society there's often a discussion about whether gender as being binary means that there are 2 options. Boy, Girl, Man or woman. However, In non western societies there are more than 2 options. In western societies at least in my country, We tend to think gender to think on this binary spectrum, So you have man and woman and that's it. Those are the only 2 options. However, Gender is really more of a spectrum. So its non binary, There are not just 2 options. You have man, Woman and then everything that doesn't fit into just man and woman is considered non binary. This is an umbrella term and that includes a lot of different categorizations. You can't put a number on the amount of genders because everyone uses different words to classify themselves. There have been different genders outside of man and woman for centuries. In India they have 3rd genders. Native American cultures have 3rd genders. In Ancient Egypt they have 3rd genders. It's a very western idea to say that there are only 2 genders and that this whole thing (that there are more than 2 genders) is a new idea changing our culture and society.
There Are Only 2 Genders

There are only 2 genders, Male and female. There is a third category, Intersex, For those born with deformations, But that is irrelevant to my proposition. I wholly disagree with the ideas of gender fluidity and ideas like "gender is a social construct". Individuals that are suffering from gender dysphoria and other similar mental conditions should be helped and provided mental treatment, Not respected as leaders and handed a platform to propagate their nonsense. The college gender movements that are attempting to remold our society is dangerous, Irresponsible, Irrational and has dire unmapped consequences.
A Full Employment Program Would Be Beneficial for the United States

Too often, politics is debated in a vacuum of intellectual fantasy where the self flattering visions of children become indistinguishable from the dreams of madmen. The following are intended to impose the gravity of reason in debate. BOPs: 1) Pro wants to do a cost benefit analysis. Because we have to know what the net benefit is, he has to provide a weighing mechanism. 2) Pro writes that the US should establish "a program". Because there are many different ways to skin a cat, with many different results, he must specify how this is going to be implemented. 3) Pro must also specify an agent of action because policy does not enforce itself. If his recommendations run counter to the incentives of his agents, it won't be implemented properly. For example, a program where "serial killers voluntarily stop killing" won't work. Con Philosophy: The resolution is underspecified, so I'm agnostic about it. All other things equal, full employment is probably beneficial, but it all depends what we have to trade to get it. I use a combination of Austrian economics, anarchist political philosophy, and Shaolin Crane Style Kung Fu technique http://www.shaolin.com.au....
A Full Employment Program Would Be Beneficial for the United States

"In macroeconomics, full employment is a condition of the national economy, where all or nearly all persons willing and able to work at the prevailing wages and working conditions are able to do so. " http://en.wikipedia.org... RESOLVED: The United States should establish a program to supply all willing and able civilians with a job. Any adverse effects of such a program would be out-weighed by it's benefits. Debating begins in round 2.
A Full Employment Program Would Be Beneficial for the United States

Pro's forfeited the round for some reason. Usually this is sudden death at DDO. This effectively cuts us down to 2 rounds... since the first was dedicated to setup. A good debate usually has to be 3 full rounds, but I think the debate is still doable at 2. I don't feel disadvantaged because I have the last word. If Pro wants to give it another stab, I don't think anyone should hold it against him.
Country life is better than city life

At this point I would say I have won this debate because my opponent has never "compared" something essential to his/her argumentation. Furthermore not all of my points were discussed. In any case though I thank Georgiaheartandsoul for his/her round. 1. This still does not show that everyone would be able to buy that land. Also I see no reason why extra land equals better life. 2. Personal proofs do not really count, since you cannot prove here that food self-grown tastes better, this point fails. 3. I see no reason why shooting, or mud bogging cannot be done on vacations, and how they equal an objectively better life style. 4. Being from Pakistan I am aware that county life has hospitals, and schools. It has all forms of technology, sure, but not to the level of city life. I gave sources as to how children in city life do better, something never answered. My opponent will however agree that there are more schools, and hospitals in the city. As my source shows they are closer by, and hence city life is better because the diseases are also fewer.
Country life is better than city life

First of all, I did not assume that everyone in rural areas are rich. In fact, we are FAR from rich but we aren't poor either. My poppa bought his land a little at a time. I did not say he bought it all at once. As for my point that homegrown food tastes better, I have no proof except that I have eaten store bought beef and tomatoes and to me and the rest of my family, homegrown tastes much better. And yes, we do eat the squirrels we shoot. We don't hunt and then dump the stuff we shot. Everything we shoot we eat. At least most people. Mud bogging is not dangerous. At least not to me. "The lifestyle is often better, where there are less chances of catching diseases, you have more modern hospitals, and a more advanced outlook to life" My opponent seems to imply that we don't have proper healthcare or technology here. But in fact, our hospitals and technology are just as modern and advanced as the people's in the cities. Also, the chances of catching diseases are just the same. Just because we live out in the woods, or a field doesn't mean we catch diseases easier. I will also point out that without country people, and farmers, you would not have fresh produce in grocery stores. You might point out that I said that homegrown food is better than the food you buy in stores. Well it is. Just farmers who sell to grocery stores in the city often put hormones in their beef and vegetables.
Country life is better than city life

1.there is a lot of wide open spaces and you don't have many neighbors. It's very peaceful and quiet and beautiful. 2.we have the advantage that we can raise our own food.that way we know what in it and it tastes better than store bought food. We don't have to worry about hormones going into our beef or anything. 3. We own lots of land. My grandparents own around 300 acres 4. We can go hunt whatever we want as long as its in season. One of my family traditions is to go squirrel hunting on thanksgiving 5. Mudbogging!!!! Bet you can't do THAT in the city. If you don't what it is, look it up.
The Benefits of Domestic Surveillance by the National Security Agency Outweigh the Harms

I am going to do my argument like a formal debate, with contentions. I wish that you will reply quickly, as I do not have a high amount of patience. Anyway, LET THE DEBATE BEGIN!!!!! Contention One- Misused Money. There are only 2 concrete examples of terrorist attacks that have been stopped by the NSA. That is not enough of a reason to insure one that it is worth it for anyone to be giving away all of my personal life to the government: phone calls, emails, and all other online transactions. If the issue is saving lives than why doesn't the government take action with the main killer of Americans per year, alcohol . You are 4,007 more times likely to be killed by alcohol than by a terrorist and yet America spends millions of dollars on the war on terror. Contention 2- Totalitarianism. Domestic surveillance by the NSA promotes totalitarianism. If the goal is prevention from crime, then the NSA has no right to violate our privacy. It is a crime as well. It doesn't matter if you're not doing anything bad. The point is, many people have the fear of being watched, and no one wants to be filmed everywhere they go. Contention 3- Abuses. The three billion phone calls made in the U.S. each day are snatched up by the NSA, which stores each call's metadata (phone numbers of the parties, date and time, length of call, etc.) for five years. This means that every year, they listen to about ONE TRILLION NINETY-FIVE BILLION phone calls ALONE. Contention 4- Tools The NSA has very powerful tools that they are abusing. They put the programs under code names to make them sound like the programs are not harming anyone, but the truth is that these tools are abuses of the NSA"s power. The NSA has over 45 programs that are sugar-coated to make it sound as if they are doing good, but these tools are more dangerous to Americans" privacy than the supposed terrorists. Thank You for Debating! Remember to attack all contentions and state your own.
No more Homework!

My freshman year, I was assigned homework each and every day in math class. We would spend the whole period learning, And then my teacher would give us the work right before the period ended. I got a "C" in that class. My sophomore year, I was rarely assigned homework and instead, We would spend half the period learning something, And the other half on work. We could ask the teacher questions if we had them while doing each problem, And it was a much better way of doing it. I got an "A".
No more Homework!

BEAT THIS! My argument is that schools should assign homework regularly. My supporting ideas are that it's because when students do homework they get better grades. Secondly, Homework reviews what the teacher taught, To help students learn faster. My opponent's argument is that homework should be heavily reduced to once per week. My question to my opponent is how could you get smarter faster when you don't do homework? Therefore, Schools should assign homework regularly to their students.