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===Not everyone agrees, but your opinions are valid. Have you got a message for the world? Want to make your point via a video blog (vlog for all you non-techies out there). Here is the place. Feel free to upload your videos to our YouthTude Debate Channel and you video might make it directly on our site. You can create videos on your own topic, or even create a video response to a topic we have posted here.=== And remember, not everyone may share your opinion, but they are entitled to it because we believe in free speech, so be respectful of all TAL members' opinions.

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With the recent suicides of five teens due to gay bullying in ONE WEEK, TAL member SimplyRoxen has a heart felt message: "Your life is connected to others in a chain of events you may not even realize...." No bully should ever make you feel that your life is not worth living.

//Thanks for this awesome video, SimplyRoxen!//

Check out the It Gets Better YouTube Channel and feel free to comment via video on our YouthTude Debate Channelor comment on our [|Discussion Page.]

Music: Aerith no Theme (Piano Version); Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Original Soundtrack (CD1), Shiro Hamaguchi & Seiji Honda

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Anti-Bullying Programs and Homophobia?
In a recent CNN report, an interview with Tom Prichard quoted him saying, //**"Youth who embrace homosexuality are at greater risk [of suicide] because they've embraced an unhealthy sexual identity and lifestyle."**// Some adults also believe that teaching anti-gay bullying at schools is just promoting teens to adopt a gay lifestyle and promote its acceptance - not everyone is cool with that. Check out the video for more information.

== What is your opinion? Share your perspective on this Hot Issue by submitting a vlog to our YouthTude Debate Channelor drop a post in our [|discussion space]. ==

And remember, not everyone may share your opinion, but they are entitled to it because we believe in free speech, so be respectful of all TAL members' opinions.

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**Teen Binge Drinking**
A recent CDC Study says 1 in 4 teens binge drink: 42% of teens admit to drinking, and two thirds of those teens drink to excess. Someone who is a binge drinker is a person who consumes 4 to 5 alcoholic drinks in less than 2 hours. Now, of course, there are worries as to what this can do to a teen's health: they are candidates for liver disease, high blood pressure, and stroke - but also are more likely to suffer from alcoholism as adults. However, the BIG fear is the decisions teens make while under the influence of alcohol after binge drinking, such as driving while intoxicated, or getting in a car with someone whom has been drinking, or having unprotected sex. Check out the video for more information.

== Share your perspective on this Hot Issue by submitting a vlog to our YouthTude Debate Channelor drop a post in our [|discussion space.] ==


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