UNSW Pre-Australs 2024: Semi Final 1

UNSW Pre-Australs 2024: Semi Final 1
Info Slide: Rumspringa is an Amish tradition of sending off 18-year-olds to live in the outside world for a year, after which they may choose whether or not to return.
Motion: That we should require all isolated religious communities (eg. Hasidic Jews, Jehovah’s Witnesses) give 18-year-olds a 'Rumspringa'
Affirmative: USU 2 (Will Price (r), Kat Kuo, Brendon Chen)
Negative: Matthew Toomey (r), Kat Cheng, David Wu
Adjudicators: Lilah Thurbon (c), Arin Tornyi-Aydin, Jordyn Gibson
Winner: Negative (2-1 split, chair in the minority)