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Bill: Religious Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Radical Nationalist 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: February 2412
Description[?]:
We believe that the nation needs a strong moral fibre, and religion is the key to offering this. Any nation that shuns religion has always fell to the influence of sinners and perversion. Religion will ensure strong family units, strong respect for family and neighbours and will also help in the fight against Sexualy Transmitted diseases. Before someone brings up the argument of contraception, any religious person who uses the anti-contraception argument is not religious as they should not be having sex outside of marriage in the first place. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Current: The government has no policy concerning the visitation of foreign missionaries.
Proposed: The government determines which missionaries are permitted to visit on a person by person basis.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy with respect to prayer in schools.
Old value:: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden, except in religious schools.
Current: Teacher-led prayers in schools are forbidden.
Proposed: Teacher-led prayers in schools are encouraged.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:34:08, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | This is merely a false step towards freedom. Religion is about choice, if the government can restrict which religions come into the country at the same time that state-owned schools are praying certain prayers with its children, that's called indoctrination. |
Date | 17:36:33, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | Perhaps some sort of compromise may be reached? |
Date | 17:51:48, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | We need to restrict religions preaching hatred coming into the nation, religions that preach that unbelievers should be killed have no place in Lodamun. Prayers being encouraged does not mean they /have/ to, it is optional. |
Date | 18:40:27, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Free Lodamun | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | But this doesn't account for multiple religions. True, hate-speech should be discouraged, but what about preaching peace and love from the standpoint of one different from the government? "Encouraged" may not be mandatory but the point of view will have to be sanctioned with the school and ipso facto, the government. What we need to do is take a Laissez-faire approach to religion in schools by permittig prayer in school and neither encourage nor discourage it. School boards and parents can decide what they want or don't want in their schools, let us stay out of it and concentrate on running the country. |
Date | 20:14:40, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Lodamun Distributionist Party | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | Here, here. |
Date | 22:08:22, May 29, 2007 CET | From | Independent Republican Party | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | In response to the Nationalist Party: Very, very few religions preach hate and racism towards another group of people. This bill only restricts freedom of religion. |
Date | 13:18:05, May 30, 2007 CET | From | Radical Nationalist Party | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | That is true, but a major religion does do that, and some religions do have their radicals who would be barred from entering Lodamun. You may notice its the missonaries that get screened and not the religion. |
Date | 03:41:30, May 31, 2007 CET | From | Party of Rational Interest (RIP) | To | Debating the Religious Act |
Message | Less government usually means better government. As long as we can all play nice, why have the government regulate? |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes | Total Seats: 213 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 284 | ||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 102 |
Random fact: By default the head of government is the ultimate authority within a national government. In general terms, heads of government are expected to consult with cabinet colleagues (including those from other parties) before making significant decisions but they remain responsible for government action. |
Random quote: "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." - Napoleon Bonaparte |