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Bill: Freedom of Religion
Details
Submitted by[?]: Likaton Coalition of the Willing
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: August 2376
Description[?]:
| We want to see less government involvement in Religion; religion should ideally be completely seperate from government, but where the two have to intersect, we should keep it local and relevant. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The state's intervention in the appointment of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state nominates ministers of religion, but the appointment is left up to the religious communities themselves.
Current: The state does not intervene in the appointment of ministers of any religion whatsoever.
Proposed: The state has the right to veto the appointment of any ministers of religion.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Remuneration of ministers of religion.
Old value:: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Current: The state does not intervene in the remuneration of ministers of religion.
Proposed: The remuneration of ministers of religion shall be left up to the local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 08:02:05, March 19, 2007 CET | From | Civil Liberties Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion |
| Message | We are voting no on this because it does not go far enough. Leaving the matter to local governments can still lead to the local governments intervening in religious matters, which should not happen. As you said, church and state should be completely separate; but leaving the question of how separate they should be to local governments only pushes the original problem back. |
| Date | 09:46:00, March 19, 2007 CET | From | AM Feminazi Movement | To | Debating the Freedom of Religion |
| Message | We thank the CivLibs for summing up our position so eloquently on this occasion. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 266 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 269 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 131 |
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