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  • This house prefers a world where American Pride Parades prioritize protest narratives over celebration narratives

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    Protest narratives position Pride as a political act highlighting ongoing discrimination and systemic exclusion, while celebration narratives focus on affirming LGBTQ+ identities through joy, visibility, and community. Over time, Pride has moved away from platforming protest narratives towards celebration narratives.

    Waterloo Spring HST 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-05-24

  • This house prefers a world where the artistic norm for theatre is one of travelling rather than stationing

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    For the purposes of this debate, "Travelling" refers to constantly moving a given piece to different venues and locations. By contrast, "Stationing" refers to depicting pieces in a given physical installation, often for extended periods of time.

    Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-24

  • This House, as the Pope, Would publicly denounce God

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    You are the newly elected pope Leo XIV. For the entirety of your life, you have been a devoted Catholic who believes that God does everything with a greater goal in mind. A few days after your inauguration, God manifests before you during your private prayer and announces that there is no grand plan behind human suffering. He simply releases some form of disaster (Black Death, COVID, tsunami) once in a while for his entertainment.

    Jesus Cup 2025 · Silver Finals · 2025-05-24

  • This House Prefers a World in which monotheistic religions preach the existence of both God and a powerful devil, rather than a world in which they preach that only God exists.

    Utrecht Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-24

  • This House believes that universities that have historically been set up by religious orders (Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Muhammadiyah, etc.) should actively distance themselves from their religious affiliations as opposed to integrating their religious philosophy into their education environments

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-17

  • This house regrets the commercialization of Sinulog Festival

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    The Sinulog Festival is a cultural and religious celebration held annually in Cebu City to honor the Santo Niño (Child Jesus). Originally rooted in religious devotion and indigenous dance rituals, the festival has grown into a large-scale event attracting tourists, sponsors, and commercial brands. In recent years, critics have noted the increasing commercialization of the event, with corporate floats, branded events, and entertainment overshadowing its religious and cultural significance.

    Archer Schools Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-05-17

  • This house believes that Lucifer was legitimate in bringing knowledge to humanity at the cost of exiting the Garden of Eden.

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    For the purpose of this debate: In Christian tradition, Lucifer is a fallen angel who rebelled against God and later is associated with the serpent in Eden who tempted Adam and Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. This act gave humanity knowledge but led to their expulsion from the Garden.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-17

  • A) This House opposes the popular use of "Deal with It!"

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    A) "Deal with It!" is a phrase that is used to tell someone to accept a situation or problem and stop complaining or resisting

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-05-17

  • This House prefers a world without religious marriage

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    Religious marriage is a form of marriage that is conducted, recognized, and often solemnized according to the rules, traditions, and customs of a particular religion. While a religious marriage can also be legally recognized by the state in many countries (especially when the officiant is licensed), in some places, it must be registered separately with civil authorities to be legally binding.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-17

  • M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)

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    M2: Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Novice Semi Finals · 2025-05-17

  • This House prefers a world in which human beings continue to live alongside the gods

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    For the purposes of this debate, "alongside the gods" is a pagan concept in which human-like gods, minor gods, and other deities, in a literal sense, commonly live alongside human beings, where they actively immerse and partake in personal and social human affairs. As time progresses, this concept becomes more figurative and metaphorical.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-17

  • This house supports the Vienna Secession movement

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    The year is 1897 in Vienna, and a new art movement is challenging the establishment. The Vienna Secession movement argues that art must evolve with society and reflect contemporary ideas, rejecting old conventions and art styles as outdated and obsolete.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-17