The case prompted a wrenching public debate over the proper roles of church versus state in such cases.

Using words that recalled the wrenching debates of the Vietnam War, commentators actually called on Abdul-Rauf to "love it or leave it."

But they also anticipate a wrenching debate that could drive a wedge between moderates and liberals.

Throughout a wrenching Congressional debate in 1995, defense (and its underlying strategy) has been off the table for review and possible cuts.

But the troubles of the Americans reflect a wrenching debate in Latin American countries.

A wrenching debate ensued over whether the lost salaries should be reimbursed from the Treasury, which in today's currency would be more than $1 million.

This will spare mourners a wrenching debate.

Within the health profession itself, experts are predicting a far more wrenching debate focusing on ways to improve health care, not the system that pays for it.

The suspension of the Communist Party by Parliament followed a wrenching debate over what constituted responsibility for the coup.

The wrenching debate in the Senate last week was about more than what critics call partial-birth abortion.