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Bill: FIRE act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2037
Description[?]:
| Long title: Fairness in Religious Exercise Act Short title: FIRE act. An act to allow the expression of non-denominational prayer in schools |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Proposed: The government leaves this decision up to the schools themselves.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Damn it...ignore this, hit the wrong button. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Nevermind, fixed it :)...err...debate it here, the stupid thing went into voting mode by mistake... |
| Date | not recorded | From | New Democrats of Rutania | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Do you really think this is going to pass? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Well, if I could debate it I could tell you. I hit the wrong button when I was trying to put in the proposal. But yes, I think it will, as the liberterian alternative is to allow schools to make up this decision by themselves, and not to make prayers illegal. |
| Date | not recorded | From |  RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Allowing schools to make up this decision by themselves would allow schools to make children pray and punish those who don't, regardless of the faith of those children. I think it is in the best interest of the freedom of religion to vote 'no' on this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | RSDP - Democratic Front | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Besides it's always wrong to make children pray each morning in school. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Alcoholic Par-tay | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | By allowing some state schools to have their teachers lead prayer, we would compromise the individual liberty of students. In private schools however, where perhaps specific religious values are focussed on, organized worship should of course be allowed. Of course, a ban on teacher-led prayer doesn't affect the rights of individual students to pray or worship. Teachers forcing prayers upon their students in state schools is bound to cause religious friction. What if the teacher was a Zarathustrian but most of the class were Cthulu cultists? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Abosolutely nothing is done to 'require' students to vote, it mearly allows the option for them to vote. As it stands now, not even a vague "let us pray for our dead classmates" after a horrible accident is permitted. Such a draconian forbidden alternative is nonsense. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Imperial Party | To | Debating the FIRE act |
| Message | Damn, I would have supported this. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 17 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 60 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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