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  • This house believes that gay rights movements should denounce entertainment contents which feature same sex relationships produced by non-LGBT producer (e.g., BL comics produced by heterosexual woman).

    Hit-U Intervarsity 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-11-01

  • This House opposes the classification of revolutionary paramilitary groups as terrorist organizations by governments

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, revolutionary paramilitary groups are insurgent organizations that use force to achieve their political motives, which often include claims to social justice and self-determination. Examples of revolutionary paramilitary groups include the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) that aimed to establish a socialist state, as well as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that aspired to end British rule in Northern Ireland.

    University of Western Ontario Fall High School Tournament 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-11-01

  • In constituency electoral systems, This house would require the electoral representatives of a select number of constituencies to be laypeople

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    (i) Under a constituency electoral system, the composition of parliament following a national election depends on the outcome across voting areas (constituencies). Each constituency will have a number of candidates running for office, who may be members of political parties or independent (i.e. not affiliated with any political party). The candidate with the highest number of votes enters office as the electoral representative of that constituency. Examples of countries following the constituency electoral system are the United Kingdom, India, and Malaysia. (ii) For the purposes of the debate, a layperson is defined as an individual with no prior experience in politics (e.g. they have never held office, they have never worked in government).

    DTU Pre-Worlds 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-11-01

  • This house regrets the rise in content warnings

    Infoslide

    Over the past few years, the use of content warnings has broadened (e.g., being used for war / conflict, discrimination such as racism or sexism) and deepened (e.g., providing warnings for passing mentions)

    Yale Intervarsity 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-31

  • This house prefers a world in which individuals gain access to the Dreamscape for one month if they are handed a Coke with their name on it.

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    'Share a Coke' has been a multi-national marketing campaign by Coca-Cola since 2011. It replaces the traditional Coke logo from one side of the bottle with the phrase "Share a Coke with" followed by a person's name. For the purposes of this debate, individuals cannot order these Coke bottles online; the bottles can only be found by accident during an unrelated shopping trip. (2/2) The Dreamscape is a finicky new invention that has the capacity to bring any and all sentient beings from an individual’s dreams into reality. Individuals do not get to choose which beings from their dreams are manifested — they only get to choose to use the machine. These beings only survive as long as the individual has access to the Dreamscape. Once created, these beings retain their physical characteristics & supernatural powers, should they possess any. For example, if someone dreams of a strong giant, this giant will retain its size and strength upon entering reality. Most of the time, these beings will pursue socially good objectives, albeit imperfectly — e.g., a giant may be unnecessarily destructive; a shaman may accidentally turn water into wine, etc. Some of the time, these beings will pursue socially bad objectives.

    Hugill Western Canadian Debating Championship 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-10-25

  • This house believes that civil action groups should prioritize petitioning the Supreme Court as opposed to pursuing appeals from lower-court cases

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    In most legal systems, a petition and an appeal are distinct processes for bringing a case before the supreme court. An appeal is a continuation of an existing case, where a higher court reviews the legal correctness of a regional court's decision. A petition, in contrast, is a formal request by a certain entity (e.g., civil action groups, corporations, government entities, individuals) for the Supreme Court to choose to hear a new case. While appeal trials are guaranteed to any party who demonstrates credible doubt in the lower court's decision, petitions are not guaranteed to any party; the Supreme Court chooses which petitions to hear.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-10-24

  • In countering anti-immigration sentiments, This house believes that left-wing movements should primarily adopt a cultural approach instead of an economic approach.

    Infoslide

    For the purpose of this debate, the 'cultural approach' to migration contends that an increase in the immigrant population enhances the host nation’s cultural diversity, attempting to dispel the anti-immigration sentiment glorifying the preservation of cultural purity. The 'economic approach' frames migration in economic terms, arguing that immigrant integration yields economic benefits and seeks to counter rhetoric which suggests that immigrants cause negative economic ramifications.

    Manila Pre-WUDC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house regrets the decline of Black Liberation Theology in African American activism

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    James Cone argues that “the task of black theology is to analyze the nature of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the light of oppressed blacks so they will see the gospel as inseparable from their humiliated condition, and as bestowing on them the necessary power to break the chains of oppression.” Throughout the Black Freedom Struggle, African American activists have mobilized Black theology to inspire forms of political action, shape the institutional design of social movements, generate theories of political organizing, deploy political rhetoric, and orient critiques of American society. Black theology has historically animated various movements, including (most famously) the Abolitionist Movement and the Civil Rights Movement led by stalwarts like Pauli Murray, Maria Stewart, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X. As Taylor Branch writes, The civil rights movement fused the political promise of equal votes with the spiritual doctrine of equal souls.

    Institution of Business Administration Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-24

  • This house believes that the queer movement should platform individuals who choose to detransition

    Infoslide

    Gender detransition is the act of stopping or reversing the social, medical, and/or administrative changes achieved during a gender transition process.

    Malaysia Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-10-18

  • This house believes that the tribe should choose the person to be sacrificed by lottery instead of deciding by majority vote

    Infoslide

    There is a prehistoric tribe of about 100 people who sacrifice one member every year for the purposes of a religious ritual. There is no way to disobey this ritual because otherwise God would become angry with the tribe and destroy it completely. God will not retaliate regardless of who dies.

    Davao Novice Cup 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-10-18

  • This house believes that LGBTQ movements should actively disassociate with drag culture

    Infoslide

    Drag culture refers to a performance culture where individuals, often men, dress and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. In modern times, drag culture is associated with gay culture. It is often celebrated as a form of queer expression and art.

    Autumn Tournament 2025 · ラウンド1 · 2025-10-18

  • This house supports the creation of groups similar to TQILA in Latin America.

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    The Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army (TQILA) was formed in July 2017, in the context of the war in Syria, fighting against the Islamic State and other jihadist groups. With an anarcho-communist ideology, the group advocates social revolution for queer liberation, the abolition of all forms of oppression (sexism, racism, homophobia), and the overthrow of structures such as patriarchy and capitalism.

    Open Estou Além 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-10-17

  • This House believes that major entertainment studios should prioritize creating new diverse characters instead of modifying established characters to promote representation. This is a debate motion about whether entertainment companies should focus on creating original diverse characters rather than changing existing popular characters to increase representation of underrepresented groups.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Final Schools · 2025-10-17

  • This House regrets that feminism has prioritized the narrative of individual empowerment at the expense of collective mobilization. This is a debate motion that critiques a perceived shift in feminist focus from collective action to individual empowerment narratives.

    Curitiba Week of British Parliamentary 2025 · Rodada 1 · 2025-10-17