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Bill: IP Religious Appointments Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Imperialist 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: January 2406
Description[?]:
Given the dangers of, for instance, the spread of Baalist cults, or bizarre pacifist religious movements (like the one in Hutori), the government needs greater control over the appointment of religious ministers. |
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 appoints all heads and other ministers of all religions.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 45 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 276 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 210 |
Random fact: Any RP law granting extraordinary "emergency powers" or dictator-like powers to a government must be passed by at least a 2/3rds majority, but (like all RP laws) may always be overturned by a simple majority vote of the legislature. |
Random quote: “Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.” --H.L. Mencken |